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Re: Downloading EVERYTHING into 1 CSV file

paladisiac — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:35:44 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 07/23/2012 19:35

That might work too. At least it'd all be downloadable at once. There's still the task of importing each CSV into spreadsheet software a sheet at a time, but it's a good start.

Re: Downloading EVERYTHING into 1 CSV file

albummaster — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 04:27:41 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 07/23/2012 08:27

the other option, that I thought of afterwards, would be a Zip file containing multiple CSVs...

Re: Downloading EVERYTHING into 1 CSV file

paladisiac — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 12:16:39 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 07/21/2012 16:16

albummaster wrote:

No problem, I'll add to the list and look into doing something to combine it all together into a single download. The reason CSV was chosen is because it is an open format. Most software can read it, and it doesn't restrict people to a particular software application. (If there were multiple charts in the same file, XML would probably be the file format that I'd choose, to keep the format non-proprietary).

XML might work. i haven't tried it before, but it's a readable option.

Re: Downloading EVERYTHING into 1 CSV file

albummaster — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 04:26:02 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 07/21/2012 08:26

No problem, I'll add to the list and look into doing something to combine it all together into a single download. The reason CSV was chosen is because it is an open format. Most software can read it, and it doesn't restrict people to a particular software application. (If there were multiple charts in the same file, XML would probably be the file format that I'd choose, to keep the format non-proprietary).

Re: Downloading EVERYTHING into 1 CSV file

paladisiac — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:05:46 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 07/20/2012 19:05

Hayden wrote:

That'd be a crazy file 🤣

And I downloaded my chart once, but I have no clue how to open a CSV file....anyway to make it any other sort of file? :oops:

There's a bunch of freebies or shareware out there to convert CSV file to something more legible. On my mac i use OpenOffice. I'm not sure if there's a windows version, but there's other stuff out there. Check downloads.cnet.com or sourceforge.net, or simply google, for starters.

Re: Downloading EVERYTHING into 1 CSV file

Hayden — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:01:22 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 07/20/2012 19:01

That'd be a crazy file 🤣

And I downloaded my chart once, but I have no clue how to open a CSV file....anyway to make it any other sort of file? 🫢

Downloading EVERYTHING into 1 CSV file

paladisiac — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:59:55 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 07/20/2012 18:59

Hi there,

On BEA, there's an option to download a chart into CSV form. I like this idea. However, with the advent of yearly charts, it'd take upwards of 60+ set of clicks through the website to download each chart separately.

Can you create a way to download ALL of a member's charts into one file? Maybe it'd need to be in XLS or a similar formalized format, where each entry is its own tab/sheet in the overall spreadsheet. I'd just like the ability to download everything at once, formatted separately by chart, instead of having to click through the site repeatedly, then copying each separate chart into a spreadsheet.

Let me add that, not stated in the thread subject, i'd prefer the XLS format over plain CSV. There are enough free versions of software to read XLS and similar formats that this should be useful for multiple people.

Thank you for listening. Keep up the good work.