Thank you for your response.
What I meant is that when I import an excel file into the editor and save and open .exe it works completely fine. but then if i clear data in the editor and try to import another different excel sheet, the data is not uploaded properly, and thus I have to delete the whole statplanet file and re-download it for it to work. is that normal? (i used excel 2010)
Also, concerning multiple categories, is there any way I can create one master excel file that has all the categories in it (for instance each on one sheet in the file) and import that one file all at once (for the sake of having one main file of all the information in the system instead of having several files)
 
Thank you for all your help.
 
Valerie

Frank,
Thank you for your message.I do not have skype installed on the computer I am using, so I dont think this is what is causing the problem. I dont get an error message, but rather when I import the new file, I get weird numbers on the left column (under category), and under the: 'The following headers or variables could not be identified' (in the import names sheet) I also get numbers with some symbols (+ = etc) instead of country names. Sometimes it is working for me to upload different files after each other, but sometimes it still gives me these wrong results.

Also, I am trying to import a complex file that has for each country, different causes of death stratified by gender and age) I am confused on the kind of format needed for statplanet to recognize every element of the table. Find an example of my excel sheet here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/65263165/ExcelSheet_example.xlsx
 
I appreciate all your help, it has been an amazing experience learning how to use this fantastic tool.
Thank you!
Valerie

Dear Frank,
Thank you for your help. Even if I have only one row of information for each country, I do not want every column to be an indicator, but rather gender (1 and 2) as a category, and age (d0 d1 d2) as a subcategory, and then have causes of death for each age range (as indicators). Is there any way I can format my excel sheet in a certain way for statplanet to recognize it, without having to insert the information manually in the editor?
Thank you!

Dear Frank,
 
I have one question concerning group indicators within a category. I added g=[total, male, female] and it worked perfectly fine. But then I was editing the map legend (by making edits in the appropriate column in the editor), and for total the edit worked, but for male and female the edits did not show on statplanet.exe is that normal? I tried deleting the edit for males and females and seeing if they follow the 'total' map legend edits but they didnt.
Do you have any advice on how to edit the map legend for males and females in the editor for it to be visualized in statplanet.exe ?
 
Thanks!
 
Valerie
 

Thank you for your response! I am excited to see the updated version.
I have one more question, is it at all possible to add a different description for each country as a small subnote when the mouse is pointing to that country? for instance if my indicator is whether or not a country has a football team, I want to add as a subnote for each individual country, if they do have a football team, when it was founded and when they stopped playing (so basically be able to add a different year range to each country that has a football team).
Hope my question makes sense.
Thanks again for all your help, it is much appreciated.
 
Valerie