Running the upload in the background

You can run the upload process in the background as you continue your work on the worksheet being uploaded.

  1. Select the Run the upload in the background option in the User Preferences before starting the upload.
    By doing this, you can minimize the main Upload Wizard window while the upload is ongoing, and continue to edit the worksheet currently being uploaded, or even work on a separate one. Remember that the state of the upload data is saved before the upload begins, so any changes made after the upload has started is not considered.
    When the upload is finished or is cancelled, you are prompted to load the upload results back to the worksheet file.
  2. Click OK. The return messages are written on the results column of the worksheet.
    If Excel is currently busy when the upload has finished, or if you are currently editing another worksheet, you may receive a message prompt regarding persistent activity in the Excel worksheet.
    When you deselect the current cell, a message prompt regarding the upload results follows, and the normal upload process continue.
    Note: Disabling this feature in the User Preferences reverts Upload Wizard to its previous behavior, which is to run the upload in the foreground, and locking the worksheet from being edited.