Datafile line qualifiers

Purpose

These qualifiers allow more detailed checking of the data beyond the standard data summary

Common

!BRIEF reduces the output written to the .asr file by omitting the data summary. Do not omit the summary before checking ASReml has read the data correctly

!SUM requests ASReml generate an expanded set of statistics descriptive of the fields in the data file.

XY plots requests ASReml display plots of the data variables. Multiple plots are permitted.

Exporting the data:

!PRINT, controls exporting the (transformed) data to an ASCII file,
!RESIDUALS requests the data and residuals be written to a binary output file,
!SAVE requests the data be written to a binary output file.

Graphics qualifiers

Whether ASReml produces graphics and whether they are displayed on the screen is controlled by

was the Winteracter graphics library available for this platform,

have graphics been turned OFF on the control line,

are they only produced in hardcopy.

Some graphics are produced by default but others must be requested. The !DISPLAY i qualifier controls which of four spatial analysis graphics are displayed. !TWOWAY modifies the appearance of the variogram from a regular spatial grid of points. !VGSECTORS requests a variogram based on radial coordinates for irregular points.

If you run ASReml, graphics are produced as .cgm files and may then be exported in several formats. Otherwise the default format is postscript.

The format of these hardcopy files may be changed on the commandline or by specifying one of the following on the datafile line:
     !BMP bitmap
     !EPS encapsulated postscript
     !WMF Windows Meta file
     !PS postscript
     !PNG png
     !HPGL HP graphics language
     !HPGL 2 HP graphics language II

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