Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of SpreadsheetImporter


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01/23/10 07:32:09 (15 years ago)
Author:
Fran Boon
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  • SpreadsheetImporter

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     1[wiki:Haiti]
     2== Spreadsheet Importer ==
     3We have access to a lot of relatively unstructured data in Spreadsheets which we need to import into Sahana. Currently this is done via a laborious Data Entry process.
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     5We really need to be able to do Bulk Imports.
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     7Options:
     8 * CSV Import
     9  * Limited access through Web at: /admin/import_data
     10  * Problems with the file format (e.g. MS Excel chews)
     11  * Hard work to get reference fields lined up
     12 * [http://code.google.com/apis/spreadsheets/ Google Spreadsheets API]
     13 * [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlrd xlrd]
     14  * [SpreadsheetImporterExample Example Code] - not the cleanest
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     17[wiki:Haiti]