.CSV Plugins

.CSV Plugins

TestStand supports RFC 4180 for representing Comma Delimited Text. CSV is a delimited data format that has fields/columns separated by the comma character and records/rows terminated by new lines.

Any field may be optionally enclosed with double-quote characters. However, the following fields must be enclosed in double-quote characters:

  • Fields with embedded commas or double-quote characters
  • Fields with embedded line breaks
  • Fields with leading and trailing spaces
Note Each of the embedded double-quote characters must be represented by a pair of double-quote characters.

See the Property Loader Plugins - File Formats topic for more information about the required file structure for this plugin.

Import Options

This plugin contains the following plugin-specific import options:

Decimal Point — Specifies what character should be used for the decimal point. You can choose one of the following options:

  • Use Period — Uses . character for the decimal point
  • Use Comma — Uses , character for the decimal point
  • Use Station Options — Use the Station Options localization preferences to determine the decimal point

Export Options

This plugin contains the following plugin-specific export options:

Decimal Point — Specifies what character should be used for the decimal point. You can choose one of the following options:

  • Use Period — Uses . character for the decimal point
  • Use Comma — Uses , character for the decimal point
  • Use Station Options — Use the Station Options localization preferences to determine the decimal point
File Format Type — Specifies the format in which the data should be exported. You can choose one of the following options:
  • Default — Number of columns is not fixed. Ex: All the subproperties of a container will be specified in one line. The number of columns will grow as the number of subproperties.
  • Flattened — Number of columns is fixed. A line will contain the lookup of the property along with its value.
Optional Information To Export — Specifies what optional information should be created in the property loader source. You can choose to export the following optional information:
  • Sequence — Add the sequence information containing the sequence name.
  • Type — Add the type information containing the type name of the property.
  • Category — Add the Category information containing where the property exists. The information is not mandatory if all the property being exported contains alias names.