Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Exporting Files from DiscoverText

Okay, so after playing around with trying to find a way to export the entire archive set in DiscoverText, I noticed that on the Data Set Details page, there is an option to export your dataset.  So, for the demo we did in class last night, I had a dataset, named "researchers", and I found that I could export that dataset as a .csv file, .xml file, or .zip file.  I experimented with all three and have all three versions in a folder on my desktop!  I'm going to play around a bit more with how to make these file formats a bit more user friendly, if that's even possible (this is where, unfortunately, my lack of tech-savviness-ness comes into play!)  BUT, at least there is an option for getting parts of the data from DiscoverText on my desktop, and potentially, into another piece of software.....

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