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

On 2012-07-22 22:20, Damian Soriano (Gmail) wrote:
> CSV is what was used in provious version of OpenERP. I think that XML
> is now the standard.

OK, I still work with OpenERP 6.1-20120720-233345-1, because I
had problems with the 6.2 preview. In my version there is only
CSV import/export and Excel export in the user interface.

> You can export XML from MS Excel and LibreOffice as well... this is
> not a problem.

But this would need an adaptation from one XML format to
another, right? And how can I import XML data anyway? The UI
(web) does not offer this function.

Cheers

> Regards
> 
> Damián Soriano
> 
> On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 10:14 PM, W. Martin Borgert <debacle@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 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!