From dd7c8328e5a640de2653b329ebdd04af433bb869 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kay Kasemir Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 13:10:02 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update PlainExportJob.java Current versions of Excel on Windows experience strange issues when importing the tab-separated data browser export files. See also https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/excel-data-import-from-textcsv-is-incorrectly/c14fcb58-6698-45a7-a9d8-5beb9d997503 Changing the comment at the start of the file to just this essential information regarding the spreadsheet format circumvents import issues --- .../trends/databrowser3/export/PlainExportJob.java | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/app/databrowser/src/main/java/org/csstudio/trends/databrowser3/export/PlainExportJob.java b/app/databrowser/src/main/java/org/csstudio/trends/databrowser3/export/PlainExportJob.java index 80c482e50e..4e279724b2 100644 --- a/app/databrowser/src/main/java/org/csstudio/trends/databrowser3/export/PlainExportJob.java +++ b/app/databrowser/src/main/java/org/csstudio/trends/databrowser3/export/PlainExportJob.java @@ -55,12 +55,7 @@ protected void printExportInfo(final PrintStream out) { super.printExportInfo(out); out.println(comment + "Format : " + formatter.toString()); - out.println(comment); - out.println(comment + "Data is in TAB-delimited columns, for import into e.g. Excel."); - out.println(comment + "The 'Time' column contains values like '2018-02-04 21:58:47.065'."); - out.println(comment + "In your spreadsheet program, a custom column format like"); - out.println(comment + " 'yyyy-mm-d h:mm:ss.000'"); - out.println(comment + "might be required to show the full timestamp detail."); + out.println(comment + "Spreadsheet: TAB-delimited import and format time as yyyy-mm-d h:mm:ss.000"); out.println(); }