Difference between revisions of "Activity:CreateCSVScope (Activity)"
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Revision as of 09:04, 26 February 2014
| Create CSV Scope | |
|---|---|
| Name | CreateCSVScope |
| Purpose | Create CSV data |
| Category | Data Exchange |
| Returns | True if successful |
| Version | 2.1.16+ |
The CreateCSVScope Activity creates Comma-Separated-Values data. It is the root activity for an export of CSV data into files.
Contents
Arguments
| Argument | Type | Direction | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| FileName | String | In | The file the created CSV data should be saved to |
| Separator | String | In | A string that separates the columns; default is ";" |
| OutputEncoding | String | In | The encoding of the output file (List of possible encodings); The default encoding is "UTF-8" |
| Result | Boolean | Out | True if successful, false if failed |
 | Setting the OutputEncoding to "ANSI" means that the scope of available characters is limited to the current system's default code page setting (e.g. ISO 8859-15)! |
Usage
This activity is used to start the export of CSV data. It is a nestable activity, which means it can host any amount of sub-activities that will be processed sequentially. The hosted activities are typically CreateCSVRow activities, either as direct children but also wrapped within looping activities like ForEach or While.
| This activity provides the created CSV document to all CSV sub activities, so the CSV sequence will be built in the very order the sub activities are nested! |
Example
The CreateCSVScope activity, as used in the larger example "Export Multilanguage Properties of all Instances":
