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[Morten Olav Hansen <mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, is there any reason why you can't just use JSON or XML?

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Morten

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Prosper BT <ptb3000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks Bob and Morten,
>
> Just like we import data elements we would also like to import Program
> tracker attributes in CSV format.
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
> 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
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>>>>
>>>> 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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