CSV is what was used in provious version of OpenERP. I think that XML is now the standard.
You can export XML from MS Excel and LibreOffice as well... this is not a problem. Regards Damián Soriano On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 10:14 PM, W. Martin Borgert <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> 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! _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openerp-community Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openerp-community More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
