Exporting and Importing a Category Frame

You can save your categorizing as a file that can be imported when you want to re-use the categorizing for a different document or variable.

The category frame stores a set of rules which describe which code each text entry is assigned to. Thus, if you import it when categorizing a different variable, any text which matches what has already been categorized will be automatically assigned. Any new responses can then be assigned to your pre-made set of categories.

In the categorizing window there are buttons to Import or Export the category frame. Exporting will save a file to your computer which has the extension .QCodes. If you want to use this category frame somewhere else, click the Import button and then select the .QCodes file that you have saved previously.