Make it clear that CSV exports are limited

Created on 22 December 2022, about 2 years ago
Updated 17 February 2024, 10 months ago

Problem/Motivation

On the dev call today we discussed some ideas around the default farmOS CSV exports, and how they could be misinterpreted by users who think they are getting ALL data when they export. The CSV exports are limited in a number of ways: not all fields are included, images and files are not included, field data is sometimes truncated or striped of HTML tags, etc etc.

Proposed resolution

One idea that was proposed was to show a modal or interstitial page that says something to effect of "Warning, this will not include all data" and explain the limitations, and also suggest that JSON:API is the best way to get ALL data out.

Remaining tasks

TBD

User interface changes

TBD

API changes

None.

Data model changes

None.

✨ Feature request
Status

Fixed

Version

3.0

Component

User interface

Created by

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈUnited States m.stenta

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