AppendFileDescription
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Describes files used in an AppendDatasets command.


Properties
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   :header: "Name","Type","","Description"
   :widths: 15,10,5,100

   "FileName","`string <https://cogsdata.org/docs/modeler-guide/primitive-types/#string>`_","1..1","Name of the file being appended.  May be the name of an active dataframe."
   "RenameVariables",":doc:`/composite-types/RenamePair/index`","0..n","Variables to be renamed"
   "KeepVariables",":doc:`/composite-types/VariableReferenceBase/index`","0..n","List of variables to keep"
   "DropVariables",":doc:`/composite-types/VariableReferenceBase/index`","0..n","List of variables to drop"
   "KeepCasesCondition",":doc:`/composite-types/ExpressionBase/index`","0..1","Logical condition for keeping rows."
   "DropCasesCondition",":doc:`/composite-types/ExpressionBase/index`","0..1","Logical condition for dropping rows."
   "Software","`string <https://cogsdata.org/docs/modeler-guide/primitive-types/#string>`_","0..1","The software package that works with the file."
   "FileFormat","`string <https://cogsdata.org/docs/modeler-guide/primitive-types/#string>`_","0..1","The name of a file format Valid values include: csv, txt, dat, xls, xlsx, sav, dta, sas7bdat, rds, rdata"
   "IsCompressed","`boolean <https://cogsdata.org/docs/modeler-guide/primitive-types/#boolean>`_","0..1","Indicates whether the file format is compressed."


Relationships
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The following identified item types reference this type.

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