Update usage.md (#195)

* Update usage.md add info on using --allow-non-numeric-obs-values=true * Update usage.md nit * Update usage.md nit
datacommonsorg · Jan 3, 2023 · 7874392 · 7874392
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@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ To run the tool in lint mode, use:
   ```bash
   dc-import lint <list of mcf files>
   ```
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+Note that if you are importing a dataset where non-numerical StatVar Observations are expected (for example, statType is measurementResult and, therefore, the SVObs values are references), set `--allow-non-numeric-obs-values=true` in the command line invocation.
 
 For example, we can use `lint` to perform syntax validation on [a test MCF included in this repository](tool/src/test/resources/org/datacommons/tool/lint/mcfonly/input/McfOnly.mcf) at path `tool/src/test/resources/org/datacommons/tool/lint/mcfonly/input/McfOnly.mcf` relative to the base of this repo like so:
   ```bash
@@ -75,6 +77,8 @@ To run the tool in genmcf mode, use:
 
 Optionally, schema file(s) may also be passed. This is required to resolve references to newly introduced schema nodes.
 
+Similar to when using `lint` mode above, if you are importing a dataset where non-numerical StatVar Observations are expected (for example, statType is measurementResult and, therefore, the SVObs values are references), set `--allow-non-numeric-obs-values=true` in the command line invocation.
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 For example, we can use `genmcf` to perform validations, and generate instance MCF from test files about COVID-19 cases in India.
 
 These test files are: