How to Load the actual/historical

data (from.vdf datafile) into Vensim

Load defects.vdf
 Instructions
1) Go to Control Panel on Vensim
2) On Datasets tab, make sure to load the “defects”
.vdf file
- Either by locating it on your laptop
- Or --if your files are all in the same folder, click on the
right arrow to bring it to the right tab, called
“Loaded”.
3) - Make sure to use the exact name “Defects” in
your Vensim file (similar to what we did for the
SARS tutorial See Recitation slides if necessary)
 ----Warning----
• We will compare our simulation data to the actual/historical
data in this file, so variable name needs to match EXACTLY
• Dataset “defects” has 1 variable, name on your Vensim file has
to exactly match the name in .vdf file:
– Defects

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