At a glance
Exchange Plus is a tool for reading and writing data exchange files formatted according to the NAACCR XML Data Exchange Standard.
Overview
XMLExchange Plus was renamed Exchange Plus because the application has become a useful tool for registry operation activities beyond the XML data exchange format. Features have been added to the application over time.
Exchange Plus is a tool for reading and writing data exchange files formatted according to the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) XML Data Exchange Standard.
Features
The following features are available in Exchange Plus:
- Dictionary maintenance. This module is intended to help users who are not XML experts produce valid NAACCR XML dictionaries. Potential users include metafile administrators who may be asked to define a user dictionary based on custom items collected at their registry.
- Conversion. This set of three modules converts data exchange files from the flat-buffer format to NAACCR XML format (NAACCR v18 only), from NAACCR XML format to flat-buffer format, and from NAACCR XML format to delimited format.
- Flat and delimited file creation. XMLExchange Plus was developed to work with analytic software tools such as R and SAS, which do not accept NAACCR-formatted XML data files as inputs, but can accept flat and delimited files produced by this application to perform data manipulation, statistical calculation, and graphical display.
- Run EDITS. This module runs EDITS against a NAACCR XML data file and creates a GenEDITS-style report (detail and summary). Please note that this function does not replace GenEDITS Plus, which can run edits on XML files directly, has several more options to configure edits, and is optimized for performance on large files.
- Import, view, update, and export NAACCR data. This module allows users to:
- Import NAACCR XML files.
- View the data in a grid.
- Update individual records in grid cells or apply batch updates for file manipulation.
- Export updated files with or without application of filter criteria.
- Anonymize confidential data.
- Split files by number of records or by a field value.
- Combine multiple NAACCR XML files into one data source.
- Specify the connection string to the CRS Plus database (for CRS Plus users) and run linkage on all records in the data source against all abstracts or consolidated records in the CRS Plus database. This feature is helpful for casefinding, completeness, and prioritization of data to determine if records exist in the database before importing into CRS Plus.
- Validation. This module runs schema validation to verify the XML file is a valid NAACCR XML document and that the file does not contain any data items that are not defined in the base or user-defined dictionary. It also validates the data type and length of each data item and produces a validation report.
- Data file mapping. This module converts any kind of delimited or fixed column position file to the current NAACCR XML file format. It also maps data items with a different code and format structure to NAACCR standard codes to help registries with data linkages and preparation of data to write to the database in the NAACCR standard format.
System requirements
Exchange Plus has been developed for Microsoft® Windows® 10 and subsequent operating systems. The minimum hardware requirements are the same as those of the operating system used. If your computer runs Windows satisfactorily, it should do well with this program.
Installing and upgrading Exchange Plus
Please visit the Registry Plus product knowledgebase for Exchange Plus for the most up-to-date information on how to download and install it.