The Create artificial data dialog



Period04 also supports the creation of equally spaced artificial data. If desired even a periodic time shift can be included. You may also refer to Creating artificial data for a step-by-step guide about how to use this feature.

Start-time The start time for the generation of data.
End-time The end time for the generation of data.
Read time ranges from file Press this button to read in multiple time ranges from a file. Such a file should contain two columns: in the first column the start times should be given and in the second column the respective end times.
Step Period04 will create data points that are equally spaced in time. This field defines the step size in time.
Leading/trailing time If this option is non-zero the time range(s) will be extended by the given value.
Before the generation of the artificial data set starts, a file name has to be specified in which the output will be written. Press Write data to the following file and define the name and the path of the file in the file-selector dialog. If the file already exists the user will be prompted whether he wants to append the data to the existing file or to replace the file.