Useful bits and bats

This page is part of a tutorial on how to use OSDEA-GUI to solve Data Envelopment Analysis Problems.

You can go to the previous step here.

Saving a DEA Problem
You can save a deap by clicking on the 'Save' icon either in the toolbar or the 'File' menu. DEA Problem files are saved as .deap files. You can save DEA Problem whatever their state is (e.g. partially configured, fully configured, solved etc.).

If you rename the DEA Problem while saving the file, the name of the DEA Problem will automatically be updated accordingly. For example, saving the previously called 'New DEA Problem' to 'MyFirstDEAP':



Will automatically update the deap name to MyFirstDEAP:



Opening a deap file
You can open previously saved deap files by clicking on the 'Open' icon on the toolbar (also accessible from the 'File' menu). This will automatically

It is important to note that future releases of OSDEA-GUI might not be able to open previously saved DEA Problems. If this was the case, it is still possible to use previous versions of OSDEA-GUI to re-open the file and export it.