We have an E-Training Site for work. The system administrator needs to print out the results for each course. What he does now is clicks on each individual course, and then clicks on the export to csv option. However, he has 100 or more courses. Is there a way to automatically get the reports into csv format without him having to click on each course? Right now it's taking him about an hour and a half just to get the csv reports. The E-Training runs on Moodle, if that helps.
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I'm fairly new to SSRS reports and I'm hoping that there's a simple solution to my problem that I haven't spotted yet...
I have a simple SSRS report that receives a couple of user entered parameters at run time. The DB is queried using these parameters and the results are displayed to the screen in a simple table. Is it possible to have the output automatically written to a csv file as well as to the screen?
I realise that there's the option of the user creating the csv themselves by using the 'export' button when the report has been rendered but I'm trying to avoid that.
What I'm hoping to achieve is to have a report where the user types in their parameter values, clicks 'view report' and can then see their results and create a csv of the output at the same time.
Is this possible?
I have a tableau workbook that was given to me. I open it and I see everything there.
I want to export the data to CSV including the measures which are a bunch of sums. Right now the measures are in the right 4 'colummns' but not in the column shelve.
How do I get it out into CSV format clean so that I can push it through R. This is driving me nuts...
To keep things clean, and save processing power, what I like to do in cases like this is drag all the dimensions and measures to Detail, instead of rows or columns.
I choose the Bar chart manually first. That way, Tableau won't waste time processing a visualization for the data. But the data will still be there, you can right click on the "phantom" chart, and select View Data. All is there. What is also there is an Export button, that will export to a csv.
If you have Tableau Server, you can use tabcmd to export this data to a csv.
tabcmd export "worksheet-name" --csv
There are several ways to do this. Tableau allows you to export "data" or "crosstab." It sounds like you're looking for the raw data version here.
The most obvious would be to use the Worksheet menu and select "Export > Data."
If the worksheet is published to Tableau Server, just add ".csv" at the end of the browser URL.
It would help to have some more details. For example, whether you want to export the aggregated measures (the sums) or the underlying data rows that contribute to those sums.
There are many ways to export data, but you can start by using the Worksheet->Export->Data menu to export the data displayed on the current worksheet.
I understand it is possible to export the report data into multiple file types using the export button. however i'm wanting to access the information without having to manually export. So my question is, is it possible using a batch file or powershell to read a text box on the report and output it say into a notepad file or spreadsheet. or if not maybe just a way to export all of the data on the report without having to manually do it? Screenshot attached for an example.
One option is to create a subscription for the report and either have an attachment emailed to you or have it saved to a network location. In either case, there are several export options (csv, excel, xml, etc.). If you're only wanting partial data from the report, I'd recommend creating a sql query or just create a new report that gets you exactly what you need.
In my Grails app, I would like admin users to be able to upload a CSV file that contains data such as:
List of users to be added to system
List of groups to be added to system
Assignment of users to groups
I have no idea how the user will generate these CSV files - most likely from Excel, Access or similar, and therefore I've no way of knowing which column will contain which data. So I'm planning to allow the user to specify which column contains users, groups, etc.
I'm wondering if there's a JavaScript component that could help with this. Ideally I'd like to implement the following:
User uploads file
In browser, user is shown first N lines of uploaded file and prompted to select the column that contains the users, groups, etc.
Column information is uploaded to server
Is there a client/server side component that could help with this, or an entirely different approach which would be superior to that outlined above?
I should emphasise that the users of this system will not be technically gifted, so expecting them to provide an XML/JSON file instead is out of the question (and you can definitely forget about asking them to call a Web Service instead of uploading a file).
Thanks,
Don
I like your solution so far, given that the users are non-technical, and that you want to be able to accept this data as a file upload, rather than have the users enter it directly into your application.
I would simply suggest that when the user uploads the file, the server returns the first five (or so) lines back to the client as an HTML table. Then you can have <select> drop-downs as the headers for each column, with the pre-set options you're looking for. You can validate that the user has assigned all available options to each column (use JS to remove options from the select as they use them, but be sure to provide a method to undo and change selections), and allow some columns not to be labeled (which the server will just ignore when parsing the file.
If possible, also illustrate (perhaps in a graph format or just an example sentence, if applicable) how their label choices will apply to the relationships. For example, "New user ABC will be a member of new group XYZ." If ABC and XYZ are unexpectedly backwards, the user will recognize they made a mistake.
Also, some users will inevitably upload a file where they used rows as columns and columns as rows. Either provide a GUI function to reverse this ("rotate" the table), or let them choose which axis to label.
I would also suggest providing your users with a collection of example files in various formats (Excel, Access, etc), and give them explicit instructions for how to enter the data they want, and step by step instructions to export as CSV and upload.
I have no idea how the user will generate these CSV files - most likely from Excel, Access or similar, and therefore I've no way of knowing which column will contain which data.
I should emphasize that the users of this system will not be technically gifted
With these two things in mind, are you sure that CSV import is the best way to handle bulk user creation? It's a great technical solution, but the question is, will your users be able to take advantage of it?
It may be worth implementing an alternative bulk create option for those who don't get CSV or are scared off by Excel. Perhaps a JS grid that has the required fields where they could manually enter the data for each field and enter as many as they need at once, with a link to upload a CSV file as an option for those who would use it.
For the CSV option, since your users are not technically-minded, it would be better to give them instructions on how to create the csv files that specify the order fields should be in. Along with a screen shot and a sample file.
Another option is to require the field names be the first row of the document, and require that they use specific labels for the fields. If you do that, you could figure out from the first row what order the data is in. You could also put in a check that looks for the titles in the first row and if they're not found, tell the user they need to add the field names to the CSV and re-upload.
I have a csv imported into my Hyperion v8.3 bqy file. I have some custom columns and a pivot already created. I just want to refresh the data. In the past, I would hit Process Current and it would direct me to my computer and I could select the csv file to update from. Now it will not do that. It doesn't go to my computer at all.
Any ideas?
Eric,
I'm not a power user but I accomplish the same thing by ensuring that there is a file with the same name in the same location from which the original csv was imported and "Processing All". This allows me to update the data and import it into my bqy and automatically update any reporting based on the csv.
Don't know if this will help or not.
Dennis
dennis.van.camp#vanderlande.com
When you import a file as a Section into Hyperion, it maintains a link to the existing file for the exact path and file name. When that link is broken and that section gets a Process or Refresh command, is the only time it will prompt you for a new file. Otherwise, it will refresh the data from the existing.
So, if you want to force it to prompt you for a new file, you have to move or rename the old file.
But, you're looking for the Pivot and Computed columns to refresh. Two things on that ...
Computed Columns: You don't have to re-import the file, if the rest of your data is current. Each column can be refreshed individually by right-click, Modify, then clicking Ok. You don't have to change any of the code; just hit okay instead of Cancel.
Pivot: In the menu, you have to set your pivot options appropriately to update when you Process (when the underlying data is Processed, really), or Manually (when you Process that section).