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[[VCDB24]] is the 2024 and final iteration of my [VentureXpert] based venture capital database. Thomson-Reuters discontinued access to VentureXpert through [SDC Platinum] on December 31st, 2023. This iteration contains data up until then. The previous build was [[VCDB23]], but the best previous instructions are from [[VCDB20]].
== Processing Steps ==
# Copy over the rpt, ssh, and pl files, and bulk edit the ssh files, now in E:\projects\vcdb24\SDC.
## Change 12/31/2020 (and one 07/20/2020) to 12/31/2022 and vcdb20 to vcdb23
# Run the ssh files against SDC Platinum. Note that SDC Platinum's service will be withdrawn on 31 December 2023.
# Run the [[SDC Normalizer]] script (one of the pl files) on each output
## Fix the header row in USFirms1980.txt before normalizing (the Capital Under Management column name is too long)
## Remove double quotes from USFund1980-normal.txt, USFundExecs1980-normal.txt, USPortCo1980-normal.txt, USFirmBranchOffices1980.txt
## The private and public M&A file sets have to be separately combined into 2 files after they've been normalized. Then replace \tnp\t and \tnm\t with \t\t in each.
## For RoundOnOneLine, remove the footer, run NormalizeFixedWidth.pl first, then RoundOnOneLine.pl, and then fix the header.
## PortCoLongDescription must be pre-processed from the command line and then post-processed in excel (see VCDB20H1 and Vcdb4#Long_Description). However, I didn't load it for this run.
# Create a new database on mother (createdb vcdb23) and setup a directory for the input files: E:\projects\vcdb23
# Copy over and edit Load.sql. Run it section-by-section.
== Processing Steps ==
# Copy over the rpt, ssh, and pl files, and bulk edit the ssh files, now in E:\projects\vcdb24\SDC.
## Change 12/31/2020 (and one 07/20/2020) to 12/31/2022 and vcdb20 to vcdb23
# Run the ssh files against SDC Platinum. Note that SDC Platinum's service will be withdrawn on 31 December 2023.
# Run the [[SDC Normalizer]] script (one of the pl files) on each output
## Fix the header row in USFirms1980.txt before normalizing (the Capital Under Management column name is too long)
## Remove double quotes from USFund1980-normal.txt, USFundExecs1980-normal.txt, USPortCo1980-normal.txt, USFirmBranchOffices1980.txt
## The private and public M&A file sets have to be separately combined into 2 files after they've been normalized. Then replace \tnp\t and \tnm\t with \t\t in each.
## For RoundOnOneLine, remove the footer, run NormalizeFixedWidth.pl first, then RoundOnOneLine.pl, and then fix the header.
## PortCoLongDescription must be pre-processed from the command line and then post-processed in excel (see VCDB20H1 and Vcdb4#Long_Description). However, I didn't load it for this run.
# Create a new database on mother (createdb vcdb23) and setup a directory for the input files: E:\projects\vcdb23
# Copy over and edit Load.sql. Run it section-by-section.
