CSV has some limitations in its capabilities, and it's not the most widespread spreadsheet format used by organizations worldwide. Even though the contents of a spreadsheet in other formats can be adapted to fit the CSV template that Konveyor uses, the process can be cumbersome especially when dealing with dependencies at scale, since Record Types are not the most practical approach.
To solve this, the proposal would be to include support for Excel (extensions .xlsx and .xls) and OpenDocument Format (extension .ods) spreadsheets. This would be aligned with the most used tools in the market, while easing the declaration of different record types (applications, dependencies and potentially more in the future) through the usage of dedicated tabs.
CSV has some limitations in its capabilities, and it's not the most widespread spreadsheet format used by organizations worldwide. Even though the contents of a spreadsheet in other formats can be adapted to fit the CSV template that Konveyor uses, the process can be cumbersome especially when dealing with dependencies at scale, since Record Types are not the most practical approach.
To solve this, the proposal would be to include support for Excel (extensions .xlsx and .xls) and OpenDocument Format (extension .ods) spreadsheets. This would be aligned with the most used tools in the market, while easing the declaration of different record types (applications, dependencies and potentially more in the future) through the usage of dedicated tabs.