Panel: CSV Data (File Box)

The CSV Data Panel is where CSV files are loaded and data is mapped to objects.

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The CSV File Panel.

Components

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The CSV File Panel - no file loaded.

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The CSV File Panel - file loaded.

Button: Load CSV File

Opens the file dialogue with .csv files filtered.

String: Encoding

Enter a custom encoding. This is not guaranteed to work. Convert CSV files to utf-8-sig to be safe.

Example encodings:

utf-8
utf-8-sig
utf-16
utf-16-le
utf-16-be
ascii
iso-8859-1
iso-8859-15
windows-1252
shift-jis
gb2312
gb18030
koi8-r
koi8-u

String: Delimiter

Enter a custom delimiter. This is not guaranteed to work. Use comma “,” delimited CSV files to be safe.

Toggle: Allow Negative Values

False by default. ChArtist will filter out (hide) any columns containing negative values. If true it will show columns containing negative values.

Label: File Info

Label displaying loaded csv file location.

Button: Refresh CSV File

Repopulates the dropdown lists from the CSV file.

Button: Clear CSV File

  • Clears the CSV file.

  • Removes all chart components from the scene.

Usage Examples

Loading a CSV file

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The CSV File Panel - no file loaded.

  1. Click Button: Load CSV File.

  2. Navigate to and select your CSV file in the File Browser.

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The CSV File Panel with file loaded.

Video: Load the Demo CSV

Clearing a CSV file

Click Button: Clear CSV File.

Warning

When Clearing the CSV file, all ChArtist components are also removed.

If it’s desired to keep modifications, save a preset before clearing.