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[Prosper BT <ptb3000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Bob and Morten,

Just like we import data elements we would also like to import Program
tracker attributes in CSV format.

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Regards

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Prosper I don't think that we will ever hope to have the CSV export as
> complete as the xml/json variant.  I see two reasons:
>
> 1.  the flat csv data model makes it more work to map to complex objects
> 2.  the xml and json mappings are bound in the source code (using
> annotations) whereas csv rendering always has to be done a s separate
> process.
>
> So it is unreasonable to expect we will have a csv expression of our
> entire data model in the same way we have with xml/json.   Pieces may be
> added over time to satisfy particular use cases.
>
> Of course your original question about importing/exporting attributes is
> different. Can you elaborate more on that?
>
> On 26 June 2015 at 08:50, Prosper BT <ptb3000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Ola,
>>
>> First of all there is no export of Meta data in CSV format
>>
>> Secondly see all the meta data export options compared to what you can
>> import using CSV
>>
>> [image: Inline image 2]
>>
>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Ola Hodne Titlestad <olati@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Prosper,
>>>
>>> Could you elaborate a bit more on this?
>>>
>>> Are you suggesting to put options in the import user interface to
>>> select/filter what parts of a file to import?
>>>
>>> Or are you saying that the import process doesn't support importing
>>> attributes at all, even when it's an option to export attributes?
>>>
>>> Ola
>>> -------
>>>
>>> On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 08:37 Prosper BT <ptb3000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Team,
>>>>
>>>> It seems the lists of Meta data  importation and exportation options. I
>>>> would assume we should have same options on what you can import and export
>>>> as far as meta data is concerned.
>>>>
>>>> Like I can export attributes, but I cant import attributes
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
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>>
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Prosper Behumbiize, MPH
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