Technical Services: Exporting Review File Data into Spreadsheet

Get the data:

  • Go to the Create Lists function in Sierra
  • Highlight the review file you want to export
  • Click on Export Records
  • Under Fields to be exported section enter the data you want to include; use Append button for additional fields.

Sierra Export Options

  • Field Delimiter: Choose “ASCII Character” and type in: , (comma)
  • Text qualifier: Choose “ASCII Character” and type in: ” (quote)
  • Repeated field delimiter: Choose “ASCII Character” and type in: ; (semicolon)
  • Maximum field length: <none>
  • File Click on Browse
  • Choose a convenient location and a descriptive file name (e.g. NewAcqJan16)
  • Files of type value should be “Text Files .txt”
  • Click Save
  • Click OK (It will take a minute or two to export the records)

Create the Excel file

  • Open Excel
  • Create a new document
  • Click on the Data tab
  • In the Get External Data section click on “From Text”
  • Select the text file that you created in Sierra
    • Click Import
    • In the Text Import Wizard
    • Choose “Delimited”
    • Click Next
    • Under Delimiters uncheck “Tab” and check “Comma”
    • Click Next
    • Click Finish
    • Click OK

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