The CSV file format is commonly used as a portable representation of a database. Each line in a CSV file represents one entry or record from a database table. The fields for each record are separated by commas. The fields can be either numeric or string data. String data fields are enclosed within double quotes to signify that they are not numeric.
Many applications support the importation of data from comma-separated files.
CSV files are sometimes referred to as delimited text files. Excel is a spreadsheet program available in versions that run on either Windows or Windows 95. Reports that are translated into XLS format have columns of data that represent each field of the report. Due to the limitations of the conversion process, the field containing the agronomist's recommendations is truncated when it exceeds 512 characters. For a full narrative, please refer to the printed copy of the report or the PDF version of the report.