• Resolved Nathan Shower

    (@nshower)


    This is in regards to the Periodic Automatic Import extension. If this isn’t the right spot for this, I apologize.

    I was wondering 2 things: we were attempting to use this to build a site that imports data daily, but would add it to the TOP of the table instead of the bottom, AND not replace all of the existing data in the table, instead appending it. In addition, there are headers on the table.

    So it would be:

    [header | header | header]
    [old data | old data | old data]
    [old data | old data | old data]
    [old data | old data | old data]

    and after import would be:

    [header | header | header]
    [new data | new data | new data]
    [old data | old data | old data]
    [old data | old data | old data]
    [old data | old data | old data]

    Didn’t know if that was something you would consider adding some options for (like the non-scheduled import has the ability to append instead of overwrite) or had any plans to add similar functionality. I’m guessing since there are so many gotchas on this we will end up creating our own plugin to handle it.

    Thanks!

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  • Plugin Author Tobias Bäthge

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    thanks for your question, and sorry for the trouble.

    Unfortunately, I’ll have to disappoint you here. The Periodic Table Import Extension can only replace the table. Appending or inserting is not possible (and would be tricky, as this is not feasible for an actual periodic import, as that would require checks on whether the imported data was already imported previously).

    Regards,
    Tobias

    Thread Starter Nathan Shower

    (@nshower)

    Hi Tobias,

    That’s kind of what I figured. We’re working on a custom solution. Appreciate the reply, though.

    -Nathan

    Plugin Author Tobias Bäthge

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi Nathan,

    sure, no problem! Sorry that I could not help with a solution here.

    Best wishes,
    Tobias

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