Element Details: DataLayer.CSV
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Available in: Logi Info Source code name: DataLayer.CSVIntroduced in: v9.0.52

The CSV DataLayer enables retrieval of data from a text file in which the values are separated by commas, tabs, or another character.

By default, columns have names in the form Column1, Column2, Column3, etc.

If ColumnNamesRow or ColumnNamesInFirstRow is set, valid text names from the specified row will replace the default names.

Alternatively, the column names may be set with the ColumnNames attribute.

Element Group:File DataLayers



ATTRIBUTES

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NamePossible ValuesDescription
ColumnNames
UserDefined
A list of column names, separated by commas. For example: OrderID, CustomerID, EmployeeID, OrderDate
ColumnNamesInFirstRow
True
False
Set to "true" if the first row of data contains the names of the data columns. Valid descriptions in the first row will override default column names.
CsvDelimiter
UserDefined
The symbol used to separate items in a line of a CSV file. Supports any character or the following special escape sequences: \t = Tab \v = Vertical tab \r = Carriage return \n = Line feed The default is a comma.
CsvFile
UserDefined
(Required) The location of the CSV file. This may be a local path, such as: D:\Data\records.csv It may also be the full URL to a CSV file on the Internet, such as: http://www.example.com/data/records.csv
DateColumns
UserDefined
A comma-delimited list of columns that should be displayed as dates. Column names should match those used in the datalayer: either the default names (Column1, Column2), or names defined in a row of the source data, or custom names defined in the Column Names attribute.
ID
UserDefined
The ID attribute is a pervasive attribute that uniquely identifies an element within a definition file. The ID needs to be a unique value within the definition.
MaxRows
UserDefined
The maximum number of rows to retrieve from the data source.
TextQualifier
UserDefined
If given, then values having this symbol at the beginning and end are treated as text: 1) the text qualifier symbol is removed from the beginning and end 2) if the text qualifier symbol is doubled within the value, it is replaced with a single text qualifier symbol example using single quote as text qualifier: 144, 12/18/2004, 'Lee''s House of Kebab', '719 High Street' 144 12/18/2004 Lee's House of Kebab 719 High Street The default is a quote mark (").



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