CSV export cannot be used as a backup

Razeeman / Android-SimpleTimeTracker

Simple app that tracks time.

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CSV export cannot be used as a backup #129

Closed kmantel closed 8 months ago

kmantel commented 1 year ago

Why can't CSV be used as a backup? Is there missing data?

https://github.com/Razeeman/Android-SimpleTimeTracker/blob/ca8ef950e8608c945e59ef8d65ce00422291b83f/features/feature_settings/src/main/res/layout/settings_export_import_layout.xml#L81-L86

gito458 commented 10 months ago

If you reinstall the app and then perform a CSV import as a restore, only time entries are entered. Only the activities and comments are imported, tags and categories are not.

You would also have to manually recreate the activity, tag and category list. I believe this limitation is because the links between activities, categories and tags cannot be mapped via a CSV file.

Razeeman commented 8 months ago

Csv file contains only a portion of data that is needed to work in a spreadsheet program. Although other data can be put into csv (colors, relaions, tag etc), it was not meant for it. Hope it makes sense.