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| Product |
Data Entry |
Import |
| Is there a maximum number of observations in time-series? |
How many? |
Reads Excel files |
If Not, What Modifications Must be Made? |
Additional Import File Formats Available? |
| Analytica |
|
|
y |
|
|
| AUTOBOX |
y |
10000 |
y |
|
TEXT |
| Crystal Ball |
y |
64,000, limited by maximum number in Excel |
y |
|
Any file format supported by Excel |
| Demand Works DP |
|
|
y |
|
Any ODBC or JDBC database. |
| Demand Works Smoothie |
|
|
y |
|
|
| Forecast Pro Unlimited |
|
|
y |
|
Text, Relational databases via ODBC |
| Forecast Pro XE |
|
|
y |
|
Text, Relational databases via ODBC |
| ForecastX Wizard |
|
|
y |
|
|
| GAUSS |
|
|
y |
|
|
| iData |
|
|
y |
|
Most formats supported. |
| Minitab Statistical Software, Release 14 |
|
|
y |
|
Text files, ODBC data sources, Lotus 123, dBase, Quattro. |
| NCSS |
|
|
y |
|
access, dbase, many more |
| OMP Forecaster |
|
|
y |
|
Flat text files; comma separated or fixed width. Relational databases (Oracle, MS Access...) |
| OpenForecast |
|
|
|
Must define an ODBC data source, or save as CSV |
CSV, text, custom |
| Operations Manager |
y |
50 |
y |
|
|
| PEER Planner |
|
No realistic limit - 1GB table |
|
|
ASCII -tab or column delimited |
| PEERForecaster |
|
500 |
y |
rows and/or columns |
|
| Phicast |
y |
1000 |
|
n/a |
n/a |
| PSI Planner for Windows |
y |
upto 60 months of history |
y |
|
ASCII flat file and ODBC |
| RoadMap Global Planning System |
|
|
|
User must use Excel template provided with product. |
Text, SQL-Server, Oracle, Access |
| SAS Forecast Server |
|
|
y |
|
Can import virtually any file format. |
| SCA Statistical System |
|
|
y |
|
tab-delimited, Access, dBase, FoxPro, SCA-formatted, SCA data macro |
| SmartForecasts |
|
|
y |
|
Text, ASCII, CSV, etc |
| SPSS Trends 14.0 |
y |
2 billion rows and 32,000 columns |
y |
|
SYSTAT, SPSS Portable, Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, SYLK, dBASE, SAS Long File Name, SAS Short File Name, SAS v6 for Windows, SAS version 6. |
| Statgraphics Centurion |
|
|
y |
|
CSV, XML, TXT, character delimited, ODBC |
| Statgraphics Mobile |
|
|
|
|
|
| StatTools |
|
|
y |
|
|
| SYSTAT |
|
|
y |
|
syc, csv, dat, txt, ascii, excel, lotus, dbase, spss, dif, sas, symphony, splus, minitab, statistica, stata, jmp, statview, arcview, map, odbc |
| Techno Therm, Tech Audit, SCIMOD, Techno Corr , Techno Plan, Process Models etc |
y |
upto 100 |
|
ASCII |
|
| TimeTrends Forecast Warehouse Demand Forecasting System |
y |
1,544 (1,024 history, 520 forecast) |
y |
Implementation-specific |
Access, SQL Server, Oracle |
| Vanguard Studio |
|
|
y |
|
ASCII, HTML, Any ODBC compliant |
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