Check a CSV without changing its values

Confirm a semicolon layout, keep leading zeroes and download a local report and backup.

For operators

Use made-up files for practice. FeedBench checks on this device only. No file is uploaded or sent into a live product.

Read these instructions on any device. Watch or practise a chapter on a desktop or laptop, with a desktop or mobile application layout. Demonstrations use sample data and simulated scanners.

Check a CSV without changing its values

  1. Start a file check

    Start a file check.

    Start a temporary check. Your file stays in this tab until you choose to save it on this device.

  2. Open the paste box

    Open the paste box.

    Paste text when you do not need to select a file. FeedBench does not change the original values.

  3. Paste the semicolon file

    Paste the semicolon file.

    Use this made-up file. Keep 000017 as written and check which character separates its columns.

  4. Use the pasted text

    Use the pasted text.

    Place the pasted text into this local check. Nothing is sent to a server.

  5. Choose semicolons as the separator

    Choose semicolons as the separator.

    Choose the separator used by your file. FeedBench does not guess or silently change it.

  6. Confirm the separator and column names

    Confirm the separator and column names.

    Check that the separator is right and the first record holds the column names, then confirm it.

  7. Choose what to do with the file

    Choose what to do with the file.

    Continue only after the file layout is confirmed.

  8. Run the local file check

    Run the local file check.

    Check the file as written. This checks its structure, not the current state of a factory system.

  9. Download a report without private rows

    Download a report without private rows.

    The default PDF contains counts and problem locations. It leaves out your values unless you explicitly add records.

  10. Save the work on this device

    Save the work on this device.

    Save on a device you control. Local work is not a cloud backup or an approved production import.

  11. Download a portable backup

    Download a portable backup.

    Keep a backup if you need to reopen this work elsewhere. It contains your files and settings, so store it securely.

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