# Quicksave Feature

Description | File Format | See Also

## Description

The Draco Quicksave feature allows numeric data to be save more rapidly than saving the formal OpenOffice XML format. When Quicksave is enabled in the File Menu, the numeric data in the current worksheet is written to a CSV (comma-separated values) file within the OpenOffice container file. More information concerning the overall Draco document structure can be found in the Draco File Format description.
The use of CSV formatting technically breaks strict compliance with OpenOffice standards, but allows for significantly faster loading/saving when dealing with large data sets. The default behaviour is to save all data in Quicksave format when the data set exceeds 250 rows. This functionality should be transparent to the user.

## File Format

All Quicksave variables will be stored in the file `easy-quickload.csv` within the OpenOffice container file. This CSV file contains two lines of descriptor text followed by the actual data. The lines are formatted as follows:
`data type`
`variable names`
`data`
`data`
`data`
`...`
``
`
`

data type | The model type, either "panel" or "date {column #} {format} {start} {stop}," where format would be Annual, Monthly, Weekly, etc. and start/stop are the first/last time points in the time series.
variable names | Comma-separated list of variable names
data | Comma-separated string represntations of data from the model. Dates will be output as strings formatted as appropriate based on the type of time series.

## See Also

Draco File Format
Main Window Menu

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