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["W. Martin Borgert" <debacle@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2012-07-22 13:18, Damian Soriano (Gmail) wrote:
> As an alternative you can use XML for loading data. In XML you can
> define ids that can be referenced later.

Well, I have yet to learn how OpenERP really works :~) But I
thought CSV is the way to go, because it is already there. CSV
is the only import option, for export there is CSV and Excel.
Also, the data I like to import is already in LibreOffice Calc,
which makes CSV easy to create.

So my question is: (How) can I create a CSV file acceptable for
OpenERP, when the exported CSV looks like this:

"id","action","name","employee_id/id"
"__export__.hr_attendance_1","Sign In","2012-07-18 08:00:00","__export__.hr_attendance_2_13"

Cheers


> As an example you can see the file 'addons/base/base_data.xml' in the
> official addons.
>
> Regards
> 
> Damián
> 
> On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:47 AM, W. Martin Borgert <debacle@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I like to use OpenERP (6.1-20120720-233345-1 on Debian) to
> > manage employee's attendance. I already have data collected for
> > the past and like to import it. Is the CSV import the right way
> > to do this?
> >
> > I don't yet understand the CSV content. The fields "action"
> > (Sign In/Sign Out) and "name" (date time in ISO format) are
> > clear, but how can I specify the employee? Do I need IDs for
> > every line? If so, how can I generate them?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!