Importing tops from delimited files

You can import tops lists saved in delimited ASCII format files into GeoSyn tops lists so that they are available to your current model. Delimiters can include commas, tabs, or spaces.

Delimited format is different than fixed width columns. All entries in fixed width columns align on the left-edge of the column. Delimited simply includes one or more delimiters between entries, but the items may not align neatly in columns.

When importing tops, you have the option of overwriting existing tops in the list. If you keep the current tops, imported tops with the same name appear alongside them.

To duplicate and then modify an existing tops list within GeoSyn, see Related Topics below.

To import tops from delimited files:

1. Right-click a log and select Tops properties.

The Top Properties dialog box appears.

2. Below the Tops Lists pane to the right, beside the Import button, select Delimited, rows or columns from the drop-down list.

3. Click Import.

The Import Delimited Tops File dialog box appears.

4. Browse to the desired tops file, and then click OK.

The Tops Import dialog box appears.

GeoSyn automatically searches in the file you selected above for a UWI that matches the one in your GeoSyn file and highlights the row in which it appears in the tops source file.

5. Using the display pane, verify whether the tops in the source file are ordered in rows (formation top names run horizontally along a single row), or columns (formation top names run vertically down a single column).
Your selection above is saved and applied the next time you launch the Tops Import dialog box.

6. Using the Names in row or column and the Depths in row or column (depending on whether you selected Tops in rows or Tops in columns above), specify the row or column in which the formation top names and depths appear.

7. In the from and to boxes, specify the range to import.
OR
Drag in the display pane to select the tops to import.
Rows are highlighted gray simply to show the columns and rows in which formation top names and depths appear. Rows and columns highlighted green are those that will be imported into GeoSyn.

Verify the delimeter GeoSyn chose is correct. GeoSyn attempts to determine the correct delimeter by reading the source file.

In the Top placement pane, select the desired processing options.

8. Click Apply.

The Select a recipient tops list dialog box appears.

9. Select the list to which to import the tops or click New top list, define a new tops list, and then click OK. Shift+Click or Ctrl+Click to select more than one tops list to import into the list of tops.

Duplicating Tops Lists	Using Tops Lists
Importing Tops from Fixed Width Files	Importing Tops from GeoSyn Files