Hi Evan,
I like the general capability to import from csv genericaly.
Here's how I would think the process makes most sense:
1. you drag a csv into the wiki
2. the import then creates a tiddler from the overall csv whereas
1. *text*: corresponds to the csv body
2. *title*: corresponds to the csv title
3. *csv-preset*: the parsing preset chosen to handle the csv (below)
3. only *after* the importer created the tiddler from the csv you
then use a wizard allows to turn csv rows into tiddlers, and for that you
would have...
4. the ability to define a number of csv parser definitions, each with...
1. a csv to tiddler fields mapping
2. tiddler field defaults, when source field was blank or as field
additions (e.g. "always add tag XYZ")
3. csv delimiter
4. csv quote character
5. whether to overwrite existing tiddlers (or what else to do, e.g.
only update imported fields)
5. *only after* you set up your csv parser rule right, you hit some
"create tiddlers" button that eventually creates those tiddlers
6. before that, however, you should have a "*preview*" / preview button
(perhaps for the first row) which more or less does the same thing, only
just it puts the created tiddler(s) undder $:/temp for (p)review
7. imported tiddlers should have accompanying metadata-fields regarding
the csv import (those meta fields could exist under some system tiddler
namespace) such as:
1. *csv-imported*: the datestamp when *the individual tiddler* imported
/ updated
2. *csv-source*: the name of the csv source file
3. *csv-preset*: the preset with which the tiddler was parsed /
imported
8. a way to delete all created tiddlers (or metadata tiddlers)
1. based on the above "csv-source" field
2. so, there could be lists under the parser rule (grouped by *both*
import date and file name) showing imported tiddlers each, and a button
to
batch delete them (or just delete related metadata concerning the csv
import, which also removes the tiddlers from the related list)
best --tb
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