Read a file refusal and check a deliberate correction
Understand why duplicate column names prevent a complete check.
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.
Read a file refusal and check a deliberate correction
- 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.
- 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.
- Paste a file with repeated column names
Paste a file with repeated column names.
This made-up file has two columns called item. FeedBench should stop and explain the problem.
- Use the pasted text
Use the pasted text.
Place the pasted text into this local check. Nothing is sent to a server.
- 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.
- Choose what to do with the file
Choose what to do with the file.
Continue only after the file layout is confirmed.
- Read the repeated-column refusal
Read the repeated-column refusal.
Do not treat an incomplete check as a pass. The original file is retained so you can correct it deliberately.
- Return to the source text
Return to the source text.
Return to the file choice and make a deliberate correction after reviewing the source.
- 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.
- Correct the column name in this example
Correct the column name in this example.
For this practice file, the second column is description. In real work, check the source before changing it.
- Use the pasted text
Use the pasted text.
Place the pasted text into this local check. Nothing is sent to a server.
- Choose what to do with the file
Choose what to do with the file.
Continue only after the file layout is confirmed.
- 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.