Spreadsheet pickup (previously CSV pickup) allows you to transform various spreadsheet file types into JSON or XML and then capture them as a dataset.
The spreadsheet can also be filtered to pick up specific rows you choose.
Valid file types are:
xls, xlsx, ods, csv, tsv, psv, log, txt, dat
This application can be used to use a CSV as a simple database :
Retrieve the list of possible impositions for a given product format and press;
Get a list of email addresses belonging to a group/company with a particular position;
Get Paper information (thickness, weight…) in a spreadhseet database based on an ID/ref;
Filter a log file based on log type (error, warning…);
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