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Postings from the India IDEA data Analysis software users group

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This forum will contian tips from the India IDEA Data Analysis Software Users Group. If you are interested in joining them you can find them on google groups at http://groups.google.com/group/idea-data-analysis-software-users---india

Setting / Changing Default Weekends in IDEA

Hello Group Members,
 
The default weekend setting in IDEA is for Saturday and Sunday.
 
So as an example, when you apply a Gap Detection on Collection Date in a Collection Management System data file to identify dates on which Collections have not been made, by checking the box Ignore holidays&nbsp

Archiving Desktop Projects in IDEA

Hello Group Members,

Falling short of space on your hard disk to store upcoming IDEA projects ?

The Create Archive Project task in IDEA lets you maximize (manage) disk space on your machine by archiving Desktop projects that are no longer used. You can also use this task to share Desktop projects between IDEA users. 

Testing the Validity of the PAN - Part 3

Hello Group Members,
 
Continuing from the earlier 2 posts, in Part 3 of the post today we look at how IDEA can be used to test the validity of the 6th to the 9th digit of the PAN which should always be 4 running numbers.
 
Using Direct Extraction or Criteria in IDEA, we are looking for the occurrence of letters in the 6th to the 9th digit place of the PAN.