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In this article, you will learn what CSV files are and how you can easily import CSV data into an Excel worksheet to be able to proceed with your analysis. 

What to expect from this page?

📑 What is the difference between CSV and XLS file formats?

CSV format is short for the Comma Separated Values format. This is a plain text format used in order to exchange data between different applications. CSV files use a delimiter, e.g. a comma sign, to separate data values. CSV data can be easily viewed with a text editor program like Notepad.

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If you open a CSV file in Excel directly, the data will not appear in a usable format. The values will be separated by commas and will not be properly distributed across the columns of your Excel sheet.

📑 Downloading the results of your analysis

When your analysis job in IKOSA is completed, this will be indicated in the “Finished Jobs” tab in the “Analysis Jobs” section. By clicking on the “Download” button at the bottom right corner, you can download the output of your results in a CSV file format. 

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Upon downloading the data, you will get an email notification with your results. This might take up to several minutes. Click on the “Download results” button or on the download link in the email notification to save your results locally.

📑 Importing CSV files into Excel

In order to perform analyses on your data in Excel, you have to import the CSV file. To do this you can follow a small number of steps in Excel. What these steps are mainly depends on your current regional format settings in your operating system. We have prepared a quick overview how to do this for a number of Excel versions and different language settings of your operating system.

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If you have any questions, please send us an email at support@ikosa.ai.

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