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Universe file formats (.xlsx and .txt)
Universes are submitted as Excel files with a header row or text files without a header row.
Universe tables, and impact analyses, must be submitted either in Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) format with a header row or in Text (.txt) format without a header row. Universes are due within 15 business days of the audit engagement letter date.
Sources: ODAG protocol, Universe Submissions, PDF p. 15; CDAG protocol, Program Audit Data Request, Universe Submissions, p. 15; FA protocol, Universe Submissions, PDF p. 8; Impact Analysis Submissions, PDF p. 18; SNPCC protocol, Universe Submissions and Impact Analysis Submissions (PDF pp. 8, 13); CPE protocol, Universe Submissions, p. 12.