Export to XLS or CSV format

[patrickaa317]

Concise description:

It would be great if exporting gamefinder results to an Excel file or even a CSV file.

Specifics/Details:

I think having the ability to export Game Finder results to a XLS or CSV format would be very beneficial to us geeks that like to review information without having to scroll through page after page of gamefinder results. Plus we would be able to easily track results from tournament games.

How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:

It will benefit the site in the fact that users can spend more time playing games, organizing tournaments & clan wars, and being an active part of the CC Community rather than flipping through page after page of game data trying to find good "home" maps, scout opponents, review tournament/clan war results, etc. All the information is already available, it would just be having the ability to export the results. All the different things I'd like to see would be:

• Game Number
  
• Status
• Tournament/Public/Private
• Label
• Speed (yes/no)
• Game Type
• Initial Troops
• Play Order
• Spoils
• Reinforcements
• Fog of War
• Winner(s)
• Player 1
• Player 2
• Player 3
• Player 4
• Player 5
• Player 6
• Player 7
• Player 8

I'm open for suggestions on other things that could be added (or even if we can only get a majority of the above information with ease). I'll try to put some sample data together and provide a screenshot later tonight or tomorrow.

[Metsfanmax]

I must say, quite a lot could be done with this information in the right hands. This would be especially useful to clan leaders in picking their maps and players (although whether that's a good thing is left to the reader). Of course, the enterprising player could write a script to do this -- it would only be worth the webmaster's programming time if a large number of people would commit to using this data, or if the mods/TDs could find a useful way to use it.

[patrickaa317]

I must say, quite a lot could be done with this information in the right hands. This would be especially useful to clan leaders in picking their maps and players (although whether that's a good thing is left to the reader). Of course, the enterprising player could write a script to do this -- it would only be worth the webmaster's programming time if a large number of people would commit to using this data, or if the mods/TDs could find a useful way to use it.

Any thoughts on that enterprising player?

And forgive my ignorance but how much work would it be to convert existing data into a exportable format?

[Metsfanmax]

I must say, quite a lot could be done with this information in the right hands. This would be especially useful to clan leaders in picking their maps and players (although whether that's a good thing is left to the reader). Of course, the enterprising player could write a script to do this -- it would only be worth the webmaster's programming time if a large number of people would commit to using this data, or if the mods/TDs could find a useful way to use it.

Any thoughts on that enterprising player?

And forgive my ignorance but how much work would it be to convert existing data into a exportable format?

I don't really know, I'm not an expert on databases. blakebowling or one of the other tech contributors would most likely know, however. I suspect that it would not be a lot of work, but then again "this wouldn't take too long to code" is the standard mantra in this forum. It's true that most of these suggestions are not time intensive, but priorities must be chosen because there's really only one guy doing the work. The best that can be done is for your suggestion to be submitted, with a strong argument as to why lack should do it.

[Metsfanmax]

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