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This script gives additional options for anyone wishing to export an IDEA file in a delimited format.

2015-08-15 - Updated the script so that the if you user select to include field names that they are separated by the selected field separator and not the ",".  Also added code to format numbers, it seems that if you had a number like 12.10 it would be stored in the text file as 12.1, this has been fixed.

This script is now available as a SmartAnalyzer application, it is available through Passport with the Utilities SmartAnalyzer applications.  Please consider purchasing this application as it helps to support this web site.

This script will allow you to select and import multiple files at the same time.

March 16, 2014 - Updated - added an option for delimited files to select the first row as the field names.

April 8, 2014 - Updated - there was a bug in the select files dialog that would not allow you to move a file from the right panel to the left.

This script allows you to take two date fields and perform three different extracts:

1. First date field is less than second date field,
2. First date field is equal to second date field, and
3. First date field is greater than second date field.

It will then summarize the findings based on year and month.  You can select which date field to use for obtaining the date and month information.

Script updated Feb 12, 2019

The text search script gives you an alternatvie interface to performing a text search from within IDEA.  The script allows you to select up to 10 different search terms (you can use the wildcards), it also allows you decide if the search is case sensitve or not and the type of search, i.e.

This script will perform the 2nd, 3rd and 4th digit test which is based on Benford's Law.  The test is based on Mark J. Nigrini's book Benford's Law Applications for Forensic Accounting, Auditing, and Fraud Detection.  The script will create one file for each digit test.

Feb 14, 2013 - Updated for IDEA v9.

This script will identify any blank fields or fields in which the information repeats.  The scrpt will rename the fields based on a prefix that the user gives.  It also write a text file to the working directory of the fields which should be kept.  The script will then create a new IDEA file which will list the fields that contain empty or repeating data and allows the user to decide if they wish to keep or delete the field.  The user would then run the script a second time in order to delete the choosen fields.

The purpose of the GEL tests (GEL-1 and GEL-2) is to detect relationships or links within a data file that serve as potential indicators of fraud.