Hi Joshua, The unpacking worked really well and things are looking promising but there are few glitches I can't get past.
For the .csv file to import, I included the fieldnames 'title' 'text' & 'created'. The text field appeared in the body of the tiddler as it should but the created & title fields appear to be absent. Instead, the name of the tiddler is derived from the name of the plug-in. I noticed there is an option to define the primary key and as the title field is in the first row of the spreadsheet, I chose the column 0 option. This created a name for each tiddler which includes the contents of the 'title' field but combined with the name of the plugin - so perhaps a bit of tweaking will solve this easily. Also, I notice that for the unpacked tiddlers, there is still a message which appears in edit mode: "This is a modified shadow tiddler. You can revert to the default version in the plugin Data/Metrics - HH <file:///C:/Users/Len/Downloads/MyWiki/MyWikiDiary.html#Data%2FMetrics%20-%20HH> by deleting this tiddler" Regards Jon This is a modified shadow tiddler. You can revert to the default version in the plugin Data/Metrics - HH <file:///C:/Users/Len/Downloads/MyWiki/MyWikiDiary.html#Data%2FMetrics%20-%20HH> by deleting this tiddler On Sunday, 14 June 2020 07:25:46 UTC+1, Jon wrote: > > Hi Joshua, > > many thanks for getting back to me with the missing piece. > > I'll have a go later and report back. > > Regards > Jon > > On Sunday, 14 June 2020 00:46:13 UTC+1, Joshua Fontany wrote: >> >> Hi Jon, author of JsonMangler here. I setup the import to package the >> imported tiddlers into a plugin to have a simple way of >> overwriting.updating/deleting a whole import at once. >> >> The way that tiddlywiki is setup, "shadow" tiddlers are full tiddlers in >> the system (beware of confusing this with "system" tiddlers that start with >> "$:/" because something can be both a shadow and a system tiddler). >> >> Meaning that you can search for and/or filter-query any "shadow" tiddler >> just like any other tiddler, BUT you have to start your filter runs with >> `all[shadows+tiddlers]` instead of the default (asumed if missing) >> `all[tiddlers]`. The one special feature of shadow tiddlers is that you can >> edit them, creating a "regular" tiddler of that name to store the edits, >> and then if you delete the edited version the "backup/shadow" version is >> immediately referenced in its place. >> >> For example, after importing the Video Games CSV in my example wiki, you >> can hit the Filter tab of $:/AdvancedSearch and enter >> `[all[shadows+tiddlers]search:*[Mario]]` to display links to all references >> to "Mario". >> >> If you want to promote a shadow tiddler to a regular one, the easiest way >> to do that is a weird little hack I picked up, where you setup a button to >> delete a field that DOES NOT EXIST from each shadow tiddler, like so: >> ``` >> \define plugin-target() Data/vgsales >> \define unpack-actions() >> <$list variable="shadowtiddler" >> filter="[<plugin-target>indexes[/tiddlers]]"> >> <$action-setfield $tiddler=<<shadowtiddler>> >> $field="does.not.exit.in.this.wiki452369084306093845760894253" /> >> </$list> >> \end >> >> <$button actions=<<unpack-actions>> > >> Press here to unpack <<plugin-target>> >> </$button> >> >> <$list variable="test" filter="[<plugin-target>indexes[/tiddlers]]"> >> >> </$list> >> >> ``` >> This creates a regular tiddler that is identical to the shadow, for each >> one in the plugin-target. Change the definition of that line to your target >> plugin containing yuor imported tiddlers and it will "unpack" it for you >> (you will no longer need `all[shadows+tiddlers]` in filters to target the >> "unpacked" tiddlers). You will see the links to your tiddlers go from being >> Bold to normal font to show that they are now "overwritten shadow >> tiddlers", and exist as normal tiddlers in the wiki. >> >> Best, >> Joshua F. >> >> >> >> On Saturday, June 13, 2020 at 12:40:10 AM UTC-7, Jon wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm importing a .csv file and I want each row to be a separate tiddler. >>> What's the best way to do this? >>> >>> I have tried TW5-JsonMangler/ >>> <https://joshuafontany.github.io/TW5-JsonMangler/> where "each >>> individual row is rendered to a tiddler, then these tiddlers are packaged >>> as shadow-tiddlers into a plugin." >>> but then there doesn't appear to be any instructions as to what to do >>> with the resulting plugin (sorry, I'm only an end user). >>> >>> Any guidance about using this method or an alternative much appreciated. >>> >>> Regards >>> Jon >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/dabce263-78b3-4a8f-8105-4325bce74e1eo%40googlegroups.com.
