Changes between Version 46 and Version 47 of UserGuidelines/Importer


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09/24/13 12:24:52 (11 years ago)
Author:
Fran Boon
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    77Currently these need to be converted to CSV format, however there is now support for building .xls[x] templates to wrap around the CSV:
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     8* [wiki:BluePrint/Importer/Excel Excel Importer]
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    1010Process:
    1111* Data needs putting into the correct columns
    12 * Date formats need to be correct
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     12* Fields should be wrapped with "" quotes to prevent issues
     13* There should be no line-breaks in text fields (see attached cleanCSV.py for help with this)
     14* Date formats need to be correct: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 ISO8601]
     15* If the file is very large, then it can be better to split into multiple files to avoid memory exhaustion (see attached splitCSV.py for help with this)
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    1517This can be done to [DeveloperGuidelines/PrePopulate PrePopulate] an instance.
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    3638 * Contribute/Code#OSMImporterUI
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    3940== Ushahidi ==
    4041XSLT available to import Ushahidi reports into Sahana Eden's Incident Reporting system
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    4445== See Also ==
    45  * BluePrintImporter
     46 * BluePrint/Importer
    4647 * [BluePrint/PrePopulate PrePopulate]
    4748 * [wiki:S3/DataImportCLI DataImportCLI]