Import and Export

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This page describes how you can import your own data sets into SONIVIS:Tool and how to export analysed metrics and network data to other applications.

Import

A feature for importing GraphML and other network data into SONIVIS:Tool is in development. Until then, the provided version of SONIVIS:Tool can only import MediaWiki data via the API or via a direct database connection. To analyse networks in other social software, you have to write your own connector – or just contact us for a solution.

Export

SONIVIS can export metrics for any measured object(s) as CSV tables and as publication-ready LaTeX files. For an export, just use the "Export" buttons found on various metrics views in the tool.

If you need export for another text-based format, look into the 'plugins/.metadata/de.sonivis.tool.view/exporttemplates' subfolder of the tool's main directory – You find configurable FreeMarker templates for the tool's LaTeX and CSV export there. FreeMarker is an easy-to-use template language that allows you to customize your tables and reports without much effort. Just copy one of the .ftl files and create your own template based on it! As soon as the file is created, you can export metrics based on your own export templates. For helping you to correct possible errors in your templates, error messages are written directly into the exported file if there's an error.

If you have to export data into a binary format, you'll have to code your own exporter based on the TemplateTableExporter class or contact us for a solution.

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