Feature Request: Integrate data conversion that allows additional data file formats to be offered in download options

hamidtam commented 1 week ago

Overview of the Feature Request Add additional file formats available to download for data files,

Current available format: Original data file format, tab, RData

Additional formats:

Excel, Stata, SPSS, SAS and potentially more

What kind of user is the feature intended for? (Example users roles: API User, Curator, Depositor, Guest, Superuser, Sysadmin) User

What inspired the request? Many users of Borealis requested for more data file formats for the download option

What existing behavior do you want changed? No

Any brand new behavior do you want to add to Dataverse? Changes in R scripts and file options added in Access File > Data Options

Any open or closed issues related to this feature request?

Are you thinking about creating a pull request for this feature?
Help is always welcome, is this feature something you or your organization plan to implement? Yes

pdurbin commented 1 week ago

@hamidtam thanks for creating this issue. It sounds like a pull request is coming! ❤️

I assume these previous conversations are related:

A post by @lubitchv at https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/JG6NkJ7ZQW0/m/pRvbS4YVAQAJ which mentions https://github.com/dusadrian/DDIwR (I'm not sure if you still plan to use this)
A comment by @amberleahey at https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/issues/8526#issuecomment-2459962204

hamidtam commented 1 week ago

They are related, apologies for not including those references, I plan on adding more info

IQSS / dataverse

Feature Request: Integrate data conversion that allows additional data file formats to be offered in download options #11015