Documentation
DataTray documentation
How each of the five tools works, what the reports contain, and where the settings live. Written for the file you have open right now.
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Getting started
Getting startedInstall DataTray, get through the installer, and find it in your system tray.The main windowThe five tiles, the search box, and how a job starts.The system trayWhat the tray icon does, and how to reach DataTray without opening a window.The Job QueueWatch work in progress, retry what failed, and find what finished.Where your files are savedOutput folders, the naming template, and why DataTray never writes over your original.
Utilities
Data ExplorerOpen any file at any size: rows, a full column profile, a quality score, and SQL.Data ConverterConvert between CSV, Excel, Parquet, JSON and XML — and combine or split files.Dedupe & MergeExact, normalized and fuzzy matching, keep rules, and the removals report.Clean & AnonymizeFix formatting problems and mask, hash or tokenize personal data in one pass.Compare FilesSchema drift, added and removed rows, and cell-level differences between two files.Watch FoldersRun a job automatically whenever a new file lands in a folder you choose.RecipesSave a sequence of steps once and re-run it on next month's file.
Configuration
Help & reference
Privacy & diagnosticsWhat stays on your machine, and the short allow-list of what DataTray reports.TroubleshootingThe common failures — a file that will not open, a job that stalled, mangled characters.Frequently asked questionsShort answers to the things people ask first.Accessibility & keyboard useKeyboard navigation, screen-reader behaviour, and display options.GlossaryParquet, NDJSON, fixed-width, fuzzy matching and the rest, in plain words.
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