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jftrahan User is Offline Posts:17 Moderate Poster
12/08/2007 7:33 AM Alert 

When exporting data, I would like to be able to select  taxonomy, location, and trip. 

I do both butterflies and birds.  When I export data via FILE, I export everything pertaining to the dates chosen.  I often want to send only butterfly data from a specific location to a person and can't do that without editing the export .cvs file.

Jeff

jjones User is Offline Posts:5092 Veteran Member
12/08/2007 10:07 AM Alert 
Good idea Jeff. Thanks.

Jeff

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SteveO User is Offline Posts:509 Veteran Member
12/08/2007 12:39 PM Alert 
I'd go a little further - Allow selection of export sightings by all the criteria that are available for selection in Sightings Report or View Sightings Setup.

And I noticed there are two checkboxes in View Sightings Setup (next to Name and Comments) that are not in the Sightings Report Criteria. Why not add them to Sightings Report?

Regards,
Steve
jftrahan User is Offline Posts:17 Moderate Poster
02/25/2010 8:15 AM Alert 
Jeff,

I was reviewing the new features in BD 3.7 and I don't see any changes to the Export feature to allow selection criteria of exported data. It would be great to be able to select location, taxonomy, observer, etc, in addition to date when exporting. Please include this feature.

Jeff
jjones User is Offline Posts:5092 Veteran Member
02/25/2010 9:33 AM Alert 

Hi Jeff,

More info please. When exporting what? Sightings?

If you are talking about Sightings, it now exports based on begin/end dates and observer.

Let me know please. And let me know a sample case where these are not enough for your purposes.

Thanks much,

Jeff


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jftrahan User is Offline Posts:17 Moderate Poster
02/25/2010 11:21 AM Alert 
Yes, when exporting sightings. Beginning and end dates and observer are not sufficient. Taxonomy and location should also be included.

I use BD to list birds and butterflies, often at different locations in one day. To export just butterfly sightings at a particular location on that day, I have to edit the export file to remove the bird sightings and to remove sightings of birds and butterflies at other locations.

Jeff
jjones User is Offline Posts:5092 Veteran Member
02/25/2010 11:42 AM Alert 

Thanks Jeff. And where are you importing these sightings to? Another BD installation on another computer?

Not very many folks use this feature for that, they simply copy the database back and forth.

But, adding this additional functionality will be short and quick. So, I should get this into 3.7.

Thanks,

Jeff


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jftrahan User is Offline Posts:17 Moderate Poster
02/25/2010 12:21 PM Alert 
I am exporting these sightings to other people who use BD. I email the file to them and they import it into BD on their computer.

Jeff
jjones User is Offline Posts:5092 Veteran Member
02/25/2010 1:38 PM Alert 

Hi Jeff - although you are the first I have heard that uses this for this purpose, it is exactly why I created it, so that members of bird clubs etc could share sightings data easily.

Have added Taxonomy and Location to v3.7.

Thanks,

Jeff


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jftrahan User is Offline Posts:17 Moderate Poster
02/25/2010 1:54 PM Alert 
Jeff,

Thanks, I really appreciate it.

Jeff
cowboyinbrla User is Offline Posts:270 Veteran Member
02/25/2010 7:29 PM Alert 
Jeff - it sounds a little like the "Share an ebird checklist" feature on ebird, which some of my friends use. When we bird together, one of them will enter all the observations for us into ebird, then "share" the checklist - we can import it into ebird for our own records or print it and use it however we want - I enter mine into BD from that list.

So yes, I think this could be a selling feature - something to point out in promo material.

Kevin
jjones User is Offline Posts:5092 Veteran Member
02/25/2010 7:49 PM Alert 
Thanks.

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