GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 440444
Add a CSV importer for calendars
Last modified: 2021-05-19 11:12:27 UTC
The bug has been opened on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/110243 "Binary package hint: evolution I'm using the standard 2.10.1 version of Evolution on Feisty (7.04) which I've just loaded from scratch having attempted to update from Edgy but found a few things were strange. I exported my Calendar from Outlook 2000 in CSV format and I can read the file OK in Open Office. When I Import in Evolution the Calendar is imported as Contacts which isn't quite what I want. What's up? ... http://librarian.launchpad.net/7727560/calendar.csv An Outlook 2000 example calendar file in .csv format Sorry its taken me a while to get back to you. I've created a 1 entry calendar on Outlook which effectively is still created as a contact in Evolution. I've attached my Outlook .csv file. I hope it will help. Remember this is Outlook 2000 so it maybe just that Outlook has moved on and Evolution is compatible with an updated version."
please export to vcf or ics. i don't think that csv is supported.
This bug also exists in version 2.12.0 (Ubuntu Gutsy). To reproduce it, I have a CSV file of appointments (for an example, see http://sharks.nhl.com/ext/2007-08_Sharks_Schedule.csv) and I click File -> Import, choose a file, I select the CSV file I just downloaded, and when given a location to import to, I only get a list of contact locations, not calendar locations. I do not remember 100%, but I believe earlier versions had the ability to import/export as CSV. This feature is important to maintain compatibility with other calendaring apps, or to use a "lowest-common denominator" in distributing events.
Bumping version to a stable release.
*** Bug 529348 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 547401 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Marking this as an enhancement since we don't have a CSV importer for calendar data yet. I'm going to clarify this in the import options.
(In reply to comment #0 by Sebastian Bacher) > I exported my Calendar from Outlook 2000 in CSV format > http://librarian.launchpad.net/7727560/calendar.csv Evolution 3.2.2 Importer offers * Evolution CSV or Tab * Mozilla CSV or Tab * Outlook CSV or Tab but then only offers address books. (In reply to comment #6 by Matthew Barnes) > I'm going to clarify this in the import options. I didn't see any hint in the UI. It didn't even say that it displayed only addressbooks - if all books and calendars are the default ones you just see "Personal" as the option and don't even know why it failed.
(In reply to comment #7) > I didn't see any hint in the UI. It didn't even say that it displayed only > addressbooks - if all books and calendars are the default ones you just see > "Personal" as the option and don't even know why it failed. I think I fixed it in an importer rewrite I was working on at the time and then shelved. Really, CSV as a file format just needs to die. It's ambiguous and highly application-specific. It doesn't even have a standard way to escape commas or span multiple lines per record.
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