Excel loading screen

This screen opens when you add an Excel data source. For instructions on how to load data, see Load data from Excel.

The Excel loading screen+

Batch management buttons are described in the table below.

Button Description
The Add Batch button Creates a new tab.
The Rename Batch button Renames the selected tab.
The Delete Batch button Deletes the selected tab.
The Move Left button Moves the selected tab to the left.
The Move Right button Moves the selected tab to the right.

Buttons to manage mapping templates are located on the right-hand side of the screen in the Mapping Template section. Use them to create, edit or delete templates; for instructions, see Excel mapping template. The name of the currently selected template and the time when it was applied are shown on the left-hand side.

Button Function
Select button Opens the list of existing templates where you can select a template to be used for import.
New Template button Creates a new template.
Save Template button Saves the currently selected template on your computer. If you click on the arrow, you can choose to replace an existing template, or to save under a different name.
Edit Template button Opens a window where you can edit the currently selected template.
Rename Template button Renames the selected template.
Manage Templates button Opens a window where you can manage existing templates (see Manage mapping templates).

The Specify Scenario section is used to select project and price scenarios which will be used to calculated expected values and risk measures.

The Mutually Exclusive Group option determines the field by which projects will be grouped when data is loaded and optimization takes place. All projects in a Mutually Exclusive group (MEG) must have the same project type; PLAN assumes that the project type for the first project in an MEG is the default project type for the whole MEG. For more information, see Mutually Exclusive Groups.

Note: If projects of a different type are detected in the data load, they will be removed from the MEG, and a warning message will be displayed when navigating to the Analyze Portfolio workspace.