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====== SANDBOX======
Category: Create / Input\\

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=====Description=====
This action creates a temporary table that is typically used for one-time calculations. Sandboxes can be populated with result data of any action, or pasted from the clipboard.\\

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=====Use cases=====
Besides ad hoc calculations, sandboxes can be used in a few more cases:

* Since Sandboxes survive reloads, you can compare a workflow result before and after changes. Send the result to a Sandbox, make changes in the workflows, then compare the new result with the old result in the Sandbox.
* Together with [[transformations:either|Either table]] transformation Sandbox can be used to safely insert an arbitrary dataset into any point of a transformation chain, which can be useful for debugging and development purposes. In this scenario insert [[transformations:either|Either table]] and point its second input to a table created using Sandbox transformation.\\

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=====Populating a Sandbox with data=====
^Option^Description^
|Paste data|This option will paste data that has been copied to the clipboard.  Options for //headers//, //delimiters//, and //decimal//\\ provide fine-tuning of the pasted data.|
|Import dataset|This option allows for browsing to and selecting an external dataset (.dset file) to populate the Sandbox with.|

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=====Creating and Populating a Sandbox from another action=====
By right-clicking an action that generates output data and selecting //Send to sandbox/module// > //New sandbox//, you create a new sandbox populated with the data from the source action.  Selecting //New sandbox in new group// creates a new group and inserts a new sandbox action populated with the data from the source action.

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=====Remarks=====
Data in sandboxes survives reloads - contents don't change on partial or full reloads - although it doesn't survive re-opening the project. When a project is opened all of its sandboxes start empty.\\

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=====Shortcuts=====
Fast ways to create the action:
  * Right-click an action and select "Send to sandbox/module", then "New sandbox" or "New sandbox in new group" (as described above).
  * First copy data to the clipboard from an internal or external source, and:
    * Press the "Add data" menu button. Pick "Paste from clipboard", or
    * Right-click the application window and select "Paste data".


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=====See also=====
  * [[transformations:either|Either table]]
  * [[http://http://easymorph.com/learn/data-analysis.html| Tutorial: Data analysis]]