[openspending-dev] Problem with data upload

[Tryggvi Björgvinsson]

Hi Marvin,

I have only taken a quick look at the data and didn't find anything
weird so I will have to try a few things before I can get back to you.
It's on my todo list.

/Tryggvi

On fim 5.mar 2015 14:24, Marvin Oppong, Journalist wrote:
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> Hello Tryggvi,
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> Could you already take a look at the data?
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> Best regards,
> Marvin
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> *Von:*Tryggvi Björgvinsson [mailto:tryggvi.bjorgvinsson at okfn.org]
> *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 26. Februar 2015 23:55
> *An:* Rufus Pollock; Marvin Oppong, Journalist
> *Cc:* openspending-dev
> *Betreff:* Re: [openspending-dev] Problem with data upload
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> Hi Marvin,
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> Could you point me to a source file you're using (or both, the
> original one with the list index out of range error and the modified
> one with the dates as YYYY.MM.DD) so I can have a look?
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> /Tryggvi
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> On þri 24.feb 2015 15:40, Rufus Pollock wrote:
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>     Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:06:05 +0100
>     Subject: Problem with data upload
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>     Hello together,
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>     I uploaded a dataset in OpenSpending for a report by me to be
>     published on the German website Krautreporter, and I have got some
>     problems. Could you please help me?
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>     My first question is: What is the meaning of „Error – list index
>     out of range“? Does it mean that the dataset I uploaded has too
>     many columns? What is the maximum number of columns?
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>     After reducing the number of columns, I did not get the error
>     anymore. But then I encountered problems with the dimension: There
>     is a time dimension in the original dataset in the format
>     DD.MM.YYYY. In the backend I saw that this is not an allowed time
>     format. So I changed the time format in my original dataset to
>     YY.MM.DD and uploaded again, but the error came up again.
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>     Before, once, all dimensions were gone, although I had clicked on
>     “Save Dimensions”, and I could not choose a “Column”. Is it
>     necessary to choose a column?
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>     I already sent an email to openspending-dev at lists.okfn.org
>     <mailto:openspending-dev at lists.okfn.org> on 26 January but haven't
>     received a reply so far.
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>     Best regards,
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>     Marvin
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>     linie
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