Draco is able to export data to both OpenDocument spreadsheet and
standard delimited text formats. In both cases, only the numeric
data is exported. The OpenDocument spreadsheet export generates a new
spreadsheet file containing both the Variables and Constants data. The text file
export will save only the Variables data to the file.
The export functionality allows Draco data to be shared with other
applications easily
Usage
The data export feature is found in the File menu. Two options
appear in the submenu.
The text export submenu contains the option to export either a selection
of columns (or variables), or all columns.
Each import feature is discussed further below.
Exporting OpenDocument Spreadsheets
Exporting Draco worksheets to OpenDocument Spreadsheets writes all
numeric data, including both Variables and Constants, to a new
OpenDocument spreadsheet. The resulting file is compatible with the OpenOffice Calc application, as
well as a host of other programs.
The spreadsheet resulting from the export will consist of three sheets
named variables, constants, and descriptions. The
first sheet, variables, contains the names of all variables on
the first row followed by all values on subsequent rows. The
constants sheet contains two columns, if applicable. The first
column lists the labels of all constants from the Draco worksheet, and
the second column lists their respective values. Finally, the
description sheet will contain two columns, if applicable. The
first column contains the variable names, and the second contains their
related descriptions. Only variables with descriptions are listed on
the final sheet.
Exporting Text Files
Draco can export numeric variable data to comma-separated value (CSV)
text files. Furthermore, Draco does allow for the selection fo only
certain variables to output ot the text file. If the user selects the
Export Columns... from the Export/Plain Text submenu, the
following dialog will appear: