Where Do I Start Entering/Editing Data?

With the LogPlot program running there are several options for getting started with entering your data.


Plan 1: Modify an Existing LogPlot Data File

  1. Access the Data Editor window by clicking on the Data tab.
  2. Open the existing LogPlot data file. This could be a data file you created earlier. Or, it could be a sample file installed with the program (see Sample Files for details).
  3. Add data to the existing datasheets: Type it in, copy/paste from another document, import (File | Import) into a single datasheet.
  4. Add new datasheets (Data | New Data Page) or delete unused datasheets (Data | Delete Data Page) as necessary.
    Or, have LogPlot automatically insert missing datasheets as necessary, based on what's in your log design, using Data | Update Data Template from Log Design.
  5. Save the data file (File | Save).

 

Plan 2: Create a New Data File from a LogPlot Data Template

LogPlot lets you save a data file as a blank data "template" for future boreholes. If you have done this, you can use that as the starting point for a new data file.

  1. Access the Data Editor window by clicking on the Data tab.
  2. Create a new data file based on an existing data template via the File | New from Template menu option.
    The program will create a new data window which will contain datasheets that had been saved in the data template.
  3. Add data to the existing datasheets: Type it in, copy/paste from another document, import (File | Import) into a single datasheet.
  4. Add new datasheets (Data | New Data Page) or delete unused datasheets (Data | Delete Data Page) as necessary.

    Or, have LogPlot automatically insert missing datasheets as necessary, based on what's in your log design, using Data | Update Data Template from Log Design.
  5. Save the data file (File | Save).

 

Plan 3: Create a New Data File from a Log Design

In this scenario, LogPlot creates a new data file with a complement of blank datasheets which match the current log design.


  1. Access the Data Editor window by clicking on the Data tab.
  2. Create a new data file based on a log design using the File | New from the Designer menu option.
    The program will create a new data window which will contain datasheets that are specific to the items in the current log design. For example, if the design contained a lithology pattern column named "Rock Types" and a curve column named "Drilling Rate", then these datasheets would be added to the Data Editor: a "Lithology" datasheet named "Rock Types" and a Point Data datasheet with a column named "Drilling Rate."
  3. Add data to the existing datasheets: Type it in, copy/paste from another document, import (File | Import) into a single datasheet.
  4. Save the data file (File | Save).

    Notes: This function is also available from the Log Designer via the File | Create New Data File menu option. LogPlot also creates a complete data template for the default log design on program startup.

 

Plan 4: Open a RockWorks Borehole Record

LogPlot can read borehole data directly from a RockWorks database.

  1. Open the the Project Folder where your RockWorks17 or RockWorks20 project resides.
  2. Expand the RockWorks Boreholes heading in the Project Manager.
  3. Double-click on the name of the borehole to open into the data editor.

 

Plan 5: Import a Data File

LogPlot imports several types of data from other software programs: LAS (geophysical data - elogs, sonic logs, etc.), Excel, DBF databases, text, pLog, and AGS.

  1. Access the Data Editor window by clicking on the Data tab.
  2. Create a new Data Editor window (File | New).
  3. Import the data (File | Import menu). See Importing Data.

 

Plan 6: Create a Data File from Scratch

  1. Access the Data Editor window by clicking on the Data tab.
  2. Create a new data file (File | New).
    LogPlot will create a new data window with the BH Info datasheet.
  3. Add new datasheets (Data | New Data Page).

    Or, have LogPlot automatically insert missing datasheets, based on what's in your log design, using Data | Update Data Template from Log Design.
  4. Save the data file (File | Save).

See also

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