Exporting Data

Overview

The application provides a growing list of capabilities for exporting data to various formats. This page provides detail on:

Exporting Complete Tournament Data

Note: The tournament files as they exist in the repository are not meant to be understood by external applications as these files have embedded cross-references to other repository files. For instance, you won't see player names in the tournament file because the player names are in the player database...and the tournament files use internal IDs to reference the correct players.

You can export externally-consumable complete tournament files (all details in a standalone format) in XML format for various uses. These can be used by external league management sites or used by anyone to parse the tournament data for any purpose. The following formats are available:

If you intend on parsing XML for your own use, you should use the "Generic (XML)" format.

Note that the Generic (XML) can also be used to copy a tournament from one repository to another by generating the XML and then using the tournament import facility. Do not simply copy tournament files from one repository to another!

Exporting Console Themes

The application provides the capability to export an entire console theme (and everything it depends on) into a format that can be easily imported by other users.

To do this, simply select your theme from the console theme library panel and click the "export" button. This will create a directory that contains the console theme along with all referenced dashboards, alerts, audios, images and information collections. That directory can then be zipped up and shared with anyone (and they can just import it from the console theme library panel).

Other Exports

Various other data can be exported from the application. These exports are mainly for copying data between repositories or exporting the data to a CSV file, editing that file in a utility like Excel and then importing the data back into the repository.

Reports

The application uses JFreeReport to produce various reports of data that you can use for any purpose, ranging from tournament-day handouts to your website.

Once the report is generated, you can:

Note on saving to CSV from reports: The format of the CSV file (when exported from a report) is not under Dr. Neau's control. If mostly mimics the report, but you may notice some strange things in the CSV like extra rows or repeated data. If this is the case, you might try one of the "direct" CSV exports that are available in the tool.

The following reports are available from the application as of the writing of this help page: