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When you have made your selection, click on ‘OK’. You will now be

prompted to browse to a destination folder.

If you are creating data files for a report that you have not yet published or

for use with InstantAtlas Server, you can save the data file anywhere in

your file system. If you are creating data files for a dynamic report that has

already been published, you should choose the folder containing the report

and click ‘Save’ (this will overwrite any existing ‘data.xml’ / ’data.js’ file).

If your workbook only contains one active datasheet, by default one

‘data.xml’ / ‘data.js’ file will be created. If your workbook contains more

than one active datasheet (e.g. Iadatasheet1, Iadatasheet2, Iadatasheet3)

then by default a ‘data.xml’ / ’data.js’ file will be created along with a

separate data file for each theme in your workbook.

For example, if you have eighteen themes worth of data located in two or

more datasheets in your workbook and you are exporting to XML format,

the set of XML data files created will be as shown in the following image

(Figure 143).

Figure 143

If you are displaying a large number of indicators or time periods in your

report, we recommend that you enter this data in two or more datasheets.

This becomes increasingly important as the number of geographic features

in the base geography of your report increases. By storing the data in