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dataZoa series are automatically <i>harmonized</i>, gracefully blending:
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<li>Source sites</li>
<li>Frequencies</li>
<li>Date formats</li>
<li>Missing values</li>
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and eliminating the "data drudgery"; cleaning, aligning, pasting, re-typing and such.
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=== Date Handling ===

==== Frequency/Periodicity ====
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==== Date Range ====
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==== Gaps ====
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dataZoa handles data gaps automatically and gracefully for all regular periodicities.  If you want to prevent the natural implicit behaviors in calculations, charts, etc., you can use the "Irregular" periodicity.  If you want customized treatments of gaps, such as "carry forward" you can use the [[About_the_ComputeCloud|ComputeCloud]].
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==== Date Formats ====
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===== Inputs =====
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===== Outputs =====
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Dates are formatted using a "human friendly" method appropriate to the periodicity of the data.  Depending on how they are being used, they may show in either compact or more verbose formatting.
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=== Data Value Handling ===
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==== Missing Values Handling ====
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Values can be "missing" for different reasons, with different implications.  dataZoa recognizes several different types of missing values and treats them appropriately.

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===== Calculations =====
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In all calculations, missing data has the highest precedence; e.g. a number plus an NA yields an NA.  Specialized functions in the [[calculations|ComputeCloud]] can be used for specialized handling, such as carry-forward, etc.
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===== Tables =====
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By default, <i>No Data</i> (ND) formats as a blank, while NA, and NDD data are formatted with "NA" and "NDD", respectively.  To fine tune these representations, see [[Displays]].
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===== Charts =====
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Missing values are typically shown as gaps.
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==== Value Formatting ====
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Numeric values are formatted using a "human friendly" method that takes several factors into consideration; magnitude, sign, apparent significance, etc.  

When specific formats are required for [[Displays|displays]], options are generally available to control formatting at the display, row, column, and cell level, as appropriate.
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