• <GetStart>
  • CSPro User's Guide
    • The CSPro System
    • Data Dictionary Module
    • The CSPro Language
    • Data Entry Module
    • Batch Editing Applications
    • Tabulation Applications
    • Data Sources
    • CSPro Statements and Functions
    • Text Templates
    • Templated Reporting System
    • HTML, Markdown, and JavaScript Integration
    • Action Invoker
    • Appendix
      • Appendix A - Installation
      • Appendix B - Keys Summary
      • Appendix C - Menu Summary
      • Appendix D - Toolbar Summary
      • Appendix E - Application Properties
      • Appendix F - Converting Within IMPS or ISSA
        • Converting a Data Dictionary
        • Converting within IMPS
        • Converting within ISSA
        • Converting an IMPS Data Entry Application
        • Converting an ISSA Data Entry Application
      • Appendix G - Errors in Censuses and Surveys
      • Appendix H - File Types
      • Appendix I - JSON Representations
  • <CSEntry>
  • <CSBatch>
  • <CSTab>
  • <DataManager>
  • <TextView>
  • <TblView>
  • <CSFreq>
  • <CSDeploy>
  • <CSPack>
  • <CSDiff>
  • <CSConcat>
  • <Excel2CSPro>
  • <CSExport>
  • <CSIndex>
  • <CSReFmt>
  • <CSSort>
  • <ParadataConcat>
  • <ParadataViewer>
  • <CSCode>
  • <CSDocument>
  • <CSView>
  • <CSWeb>

Converting within ISSA

In an ISSA data entry application, a dictionary file contains both descriptive information about each data item (item type, item length, etc), as well as information about the form layout. However, in CSPro, we break this information into two separate files. Therefore, if you:
  • Convert an ISSA data dictionary to CSPro data dictionary only, you will receive a CSPro dictionary (.dcf) only. You can choose to convert either a regular data dictionary (.dic) or a working storage dictionary (.wst).
  • Convert an ISSA data dictionary to CSPro form and data dictionary, you will receive both a CSPro dictionary (.dcf) and a CSPro form file (.fmf). You can choose to convert either a regular data dictionary (.dic) or a working storage dictionary (.wst).