| |
| Product |
Data Entry |
Import |
| Is there a maximum number of observations in time-series? |
How many? |
Reads Excel files (2010 and 2007) |
Reads Excel files (2003) |
If Not, What Modifications Must be Made? |
Additional Import File Formats Available? |
| Autobox 6.0 |
y |
9,999 but customized versions can be created |
y |
y |
|
|
| Forecast Pro TRAC |
|
no limits |
y |
y |
minor formatting required to read in data |
ODBC, text, wk* |
| Forecast Pro XE |
|
no maximum |
y |
y |
minor formatting is required to recognize data |
ODBC, text, wk* |
| iData |
|
|
y |
y |
|
csv, xml, sql, customisable |
| JMP 8 |
|
|
y |
y |
|
txt, sas, mtp, html, csv, ODBC |
| Minitab 16 Statistical Software |
|
|
y |
|
|
TXT, CSV, DAT, XML, and databases via ODBC |
| NCSS 2007 |
|
|
y |
y |
|
mdb, txt, jmp, mat, mtw, sd2, tpt, sas7bdat, dat, sav, xpt, sta |
| PSI Planner for Windows |
y |
60 |
y |
y |
|
.txt, .csv, ODBC (SQL Server and Access
templates included) |
| RoadMap Global Planning Solution |
|
|
|
|
Data transformation into MS-Access or
SQL-Server |
Oracle RDBMS |
| RoadMap in a Box |
|
|
|
y |
Web Server Automatically Formats Excel 2003 Files |
|
| SAS Forecast Server |
|
|
y |
y |
|
Can import virtually any file format |
| SCA Statistical System |
|
|
|
y |
user must save as earlier version |
CSV, SAS, SCA, Matlab, RATS, TSD, Citibase |
| SmartForecasts |
|
|
y |
|
|
csv, txt |
| Smoothie |
|
|
y |
y |
|
SQL-Server, Other ODBC |
| SPSS Forecasting |
|
|
y |
y |
|
sav, odbc, sas, stata |
| STATGRAPHICS Centurion |
|
|
y |
y |
|
XML, CSV, TXT, 20 statistics and mathematics
packages |
| STATGRAPHICS Web Services |
|
|
|
|
|
XML |
| SYSTAT 13 |
|
|
y |
y |
|
sav, jnb, xls, xlsx, sd2, sas7bdat, xpt, tpt, mtw, sta, dta, jmp, dbf, txt, dat, csv, shp, wk1, wk2, wks, dif, and svd |
| The DecisionTools Suite 5.5 |
|
|
y |
y |
|
Anything that can be brought into Excel, the applications in the Suite are Excel add-ins. |
| Vanguard System |
|
|
y |
y |
|
CSV, TXT, XML, Web Services, ODBC |
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