HAZUS-MH MR3 FAQs: Software Tools

How does a user import data successfully processed by BIT into a HAZUS study region to replace the default building count, building exposure, building content exposure, square footage, and occupancy mapping schemes?

The process for importing Building Inventory Tool (BIT) processed data into a study region is described below.  The process is more or less the same as that used to import site-specific data.

Assume that you have an earthquake study region for which you have already run BIT and generated the dataset.  To import the BIT database:

  1. Launch HAZUS-MH and open your earthquake study region.
  2. If you want to import square footage, building count, building exposure or buildings content exposure, open the corresponding table from the Inventory | General Building stock menu.
  3. Right click on the table and select Start Editing.
  4. Right click again and click on the Import option.
  5. This will show you a list of Census Tracts if you have already run BIT to generate aggregated data for this region.  If you have not run BIT to generate aggregated data for this region, you will receive the following message: "There is no data to import.  Run BIT tool to generate data."
  6. Select the Census Tract from which you want to import the data and click OK button.
  7. This will start the import process and you will see an hourglass cursor while the import process continues.
  8. Once the import process is complete, close the table by clicking the Close button.
  9. Open the table again and you will see the values you imported from BIT.

The process for importing mapping schemes is similar:

  1. Launch HAZUS-MH and open your earthquake study region.
  2. If you want to import occupancy mapping schemes, click on  Occupancy Mapping Scheme in the Inventory | General Building Stock Occupancy Mapping menu.
  3. Right click on the list of schemes and then click on the Import... option.
  4. This will show you a list of Census Tracts if you have already run BIT to generate aggregated data for this region.  If you have not yet done so, the following message will appear:  "There are no data to import.  Run BIT tool to generate data."
  5. Select the Census Tract from which you want to import the data and click the OK button.
  6. This will start the Occupancy Mapping Schemes import process and you will see an hourglass cursor while the import process continues.  If you select a large number of Census Tracts (more than 300), the import process may take considerable time.
  7. Once the import process is complete, close the Occupancy Mapping dialog by clicking the Close button.
  8. Open the table again and you will see the list of all the Mapping Schemes imported from BIT.
  9. Right click on the list and click on Assign.  This will display the Occupancy Mapping - Assign dialog.
  10. Assign the new mapping schemes to the specific tracts.  You also can use the Auto option to assign the schemes to specific tracts.

For additional information, see the HAZUS User's Manuals and guidance materials available for download from HAZUS Resources on this site.

Need Additional Help?
Email: HAZUSGenHelp@nibs.org for general questions about HAZUS
HAZUSQuakeHelp@pbsj.com for Earthquake Model questions,
HAZUSWindHelp@ara.com  for Hurricane Model questions, and
HAZUSFloodHelp@absconsulting.com for Flood Model questions.

Last Modified: Monday, 05-Nov-2007 12:53:00 EST

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