Visum-specific matrix file formats

The following table includes all Visum-specific matrix file formats that you can open and/or save in Visum.

Format code

Description

Notes

$V

Standard Visum format, symmetrical

(Number of origin objects x number of destination objects)

Text format

For PuT skim matrices, the part V format is provided additionally.

$O

An OD pair per row:

Origin object, destination object, matrix value

Text format

Only values not equal to zero are displayed.

$E

An origin object per row:

Minus sign, origin object no., destination object numbers (sorted in ascending order) and matrix values

Text format

$S

An origin object per row:

Origin object no., destination object numbers (sorted in ascending order) and matrix values

Text format

Only provided for Save operations in Visum.

$T

Partial matrix or asymmetric matrix

(Number of origin objects x number of destination objects)

Text format

Depending on the settings made for saving matrices, it is possible to save the following additional parameters (Saving matrices):

Parameters

Description

D

Number of decimal places for the matrix values (if > 0)

Data file format code without D means, that the matrix values are integers.

M

Number of the transport mode (only for the part V format)

At the end of the matrix file, in section $NAMES, the numbers and the name of the source and target objects are listed.