# My last few data extracts have not been showing a link to the command file for my extract.

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**Created:** [March 28, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/my-last-few-data-extracts-have-not-been-showing-a-link-to-the-command-file-for-my-extract/2242 "2018-03-28T14:51:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![eanderson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f9b8f/32.png) [@eanderson](https://forum.ipums.org/u/eanderson)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/my-last-few-data-extracts-have-not-been-showing-a-link-to-the-command-file-for-my-extract/2242/1 "2018-03-28T14:51:00Z")

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My last few data extracts have not been showing a link to the command file for my extract. I have tried creating new extracts, but the link just shows a “–” instead of the file.

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**Author:** ![Michelle\_Pratt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.ipums.org/michelle_pratt/32/194_2.png) [@Michelle\_Pratt](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Michelle_Pratt)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/my-last-few-data-extracts-have-not-been-showing-a-link-to-the-command-file-for-my-extract/2242/2 "2018-03-28T16:27:00Z")

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It sounds like you have changed the default data format to be something other than fixed-width text (.dat). For example, if you specified a Stata data format (.dta), your extract will already be pre-formatted to a Stata file and you can directly import the data without the need of a .do file. If you’d like the .dat file with a .do file, then you can revise your data extract and change the data structure to fixed-width text (.dat).