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How do I input a csv table list into a multiple choice values table? I have a 100 choices and I don't want to type them all out.

I have a 100 choices and I don't want to type them all out.

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    • SMoore
    • 5 yrs ago
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    I don’t believe this is possible, though would be very cool!

    • Birger_H
    • 5 yrs ago
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    This is possible. Have a csv with ";" as field seperator. Give the choices commy separated.

    Birger

    • SMoore
    • 5 yrs ago
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    I am trying to do this, I currently have an excel CSV file with states listed as 

     

    "Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming"

     

    How do I import these options into a Choice field? Please explain in detail.

    • drdlayton
    • 5 yrs ago
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    Birger, please let us know how you import the CSV.

    Thanks

    • drdlayton
    • 5 yrs ago
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    Birger, please let us know how you import the CSV.

    Thanks

    • Ron_RLA720_mscpostpr
    • 5 yrs ago
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    "drdlayton":  I think you mean a multiple choice FIELD, because, as far as I know, there is no such thing as a multiple choice "table".  (If I'm wrong about that, please tell me.  I want to know.)

    Like "S Moore" above, I don't think it is possible.  On multiple choice dialog I don't see any way to import:

     

    Many, many questions here asking for help to import odd data sets into Ninox.  My solution -- and it works every single time -- is Mac utility software, Keyboard Maestro.  It is not part of Ninox; need to buy separately.  From what I see on this forum, the very nice people at NX don't know about Keyboard Maestro yet, because if they did, they'd recommend it to solve about 1/3 of problems here.

    Keyboard Maestro has some of the best documentation I've seen anywhere, including a vast Wiki with many examples, along with an excellent forum.  However, at first it looks overwhelming -- at least it was that way for me -- but once you start to understand Keyboard Maestro, you can use it do so much more with Ninox, like importing 100 items into a choice field, without retyping.

    • Ron_RLA720_mscpostpr
    • 5 yrs ago
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    Further note:  Digging into the documentation for any software is usually a pain.  The best solution I've found is using Artificial Intelligence to search, sort, analyze and collate from the full set of user manual + Wiki + forum.  Neither Keyboard Maestro nor Ninox have anything like Artificial Intelligence, so I use Mac software utility, DevonAgent to ease the struggle of understanding the documentation.  I've written about DevonAgent elsewhere on this forum.

    • SMoore
    • 5 yrs ago
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    Ron, that worked beautifully, I got all 50 of my states added to the dropdown within minutes! 

    • Ron_RLA720_mscpostpr
    • 5 yrs ago
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    "S Morre" - You are most welcome. 

    And would you please post a screen print here of the macro you created in Keyboard Maestro? 

    I'm sure it would help a lot of users here to be able to see your solution.

     

    (I wish I could make a little video showing how Keyboard Maestro works like that with Ninox.  Many people would find that very helpful.  But I don't know how to make videos.)

    • Andrew.1
    • 5 yrs ago
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    I have a nationality field and have all nationality options in a CSV file - Birger, I would also like to know how I insert these into a choice field without having to add them in manually one by one. Thanks

    • SMoore
    • 5 yrs ago
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    Arg,

    Read the previous reply’s to this thread. I will figure out a way to make a video and upload it for you of the way I did it! 

    • Andrew.1
    • 5 yrs ago
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    That would be great - I just can't face having to manually enter 300 nationalities.

    • Support
    • 5 yrs ago
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    Hello, 

    We already have the feature to import the values of a Choice field into it in our list of requested features. We hope to release it in one of our next versions. 

    Best regards, Jörg

    • David
    • 5 yrs ago
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    Jorg, any idea when that feature is coming out? I (and I'm sure a few others) have the same issue with long lists of nations etc. that are a total chore to upload one-by-one. Does Birger's method of separating the values with ";" in the csv actually work?  

    • Halio
    • Halio
    • 4 yrs ago
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    Any update on this?

    • Jorg
    • 4 yrs ago
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    Hi, 

    We have it still in the list, there ist no ETA at the moment. Thank you for your patience.

    Kind regards, Jörg

    • Stefano_Stazzu
    • 4 yrs ago
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    Hi all,

    Is there any way to create the multiple choice list through coding it?

    I need to create a multiple choice list (that allows multiple selections) with numbers from 0 to 699.

    Thanks,

    Stefano

    • Igor_Freiberger
    • 2 yrs ago
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    I'm using Ninox for five days now and it seems this feature is still not available in June, 2021.

    Anyway, no one needs to type long list of choices in Ninox. Just create a new table, import the data from a CSV file and then add a linked field to this table. Actually, this is better from a relational data model point of view. :-)

    • Maurice
    • 2 yrs ago
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    Hello, in this thread was mentioned a solution with Keyboard Maestro. CAn somebody give a hint how to import a csv as the values of a multiple value field? Thanks

     

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