Answers.Body: <p>In the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Education software:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Open a new experiment.</li>
  <li>Go to the <em>Tools</em> menu and select <em>Data Log File Manager</em>.</li>
  <li>Browse to the the <code>.rdf</code> file and click the <em>Import</em> button. (It can be on the brick or on your computer.)</li>
  <li>Close the <em>Data Log File Manager</em></li>
  <li>On the <em>Tools</em> menu, select <em>Export Datasets</em></li>
  <li>Save the file as a <code>.csv</code> file</li>
  <li>Open the <code>.csv</code> file in Excel</li>
  </ul>
  
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Body: <p>I have been logging data for a few sensors, and would like to import that data into Excel. What exactly do I need to do? I remember reading somewhere that LabView can export logging data (I have the Education version) but I cannot get LabView to open the datalog files.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: I couldn't find much out there.  Maybe these docs will help you more than they enlightened me: http://s3.amazonaws.com/scschoolfiles/379/data_logging.pdf
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Title: How do you open a logfile (.rdf) downloaded from an EV3 brick?
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ThreadText: # How do you open a logfile (.rdf) downloaded from an EV3 brick?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-03-23)
  
  I have been logging data for a few sensors, and would like to import that data into Excel. What exactly do I need to do? I remember reading somewhere that LabView can export logging data (I have the Education version) but I cannot get LabView to open the datalog files.
  
  **Tags:** ev3, ev3-g
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I couldn't find much out there.  Maybe these docs will help you more than they enlightened me: http://s3.amazonaws.com/scschoolfiles/379/data_logging.pdf  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2017-03-24. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  In the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Education software:
  
  * Open a new experiment.
  * Go to the *Tools* menu and select *Data Log File Manager*.
  * Browse to the the `.rdf` file and click the *Import* button. (It can be on the brick or on your computer.)
  * Close the *Data Log File Manager*
  * On the *Tools* menu, select *Export Datasets*
  * Save the file as a `.csv` file
  * Open the `.csv` file in Excel
  
  
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