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Understanding the Workbook

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The workbook is where every repair actually happens. It’s a working document — not VirtualDJ’s real data — so you can look, edit, and think without touching your live library.

How it fits into a repair #

  • Export creates the workbook, listing every row that looks broken
  • AutoFix can propose a replacement value for each row
  • You can review, accept, or correct any proposal before moving on
  • Validate checks the workbook is internally sound
  • Import writes the reviewed, validated workbook back into VirtualDJ

Why this matters #

Nothing reaches your actual VirtualDJ files until import. That means a wrong proposal — whether from AutoFix or a manual slip — is never a disaster. You catch it in the workbook, correct it, and validate again. The workbook is the safe space where repair decisions get made.

A quick example #

Say a drive letter changed, and a database export lists 400 tracks as missing. AutoFix might confidently match 380 of them to their new location. The remaining 20 need your eye — maybe the filename changed too, or there are two similar files and AutoFix guessed wrong. You fix those rows directly in the workbook, then validate and import as normal.

Related pages #

  • Database Repair
  • Folders Repair

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