Tag: csv

  • Importing library patrons into Follett

    Follett/Destiny has its own documentation on the process of importing patrons into its online database, which is not very helpful. Below are instructions on how you actually do it, based on trial and error and various calls to customer service for more details on the process that aren’t actually documented anywhere. Getting the Site Short…

  • Avoiding a .csv error with PrinterGenerator

    PrinterGenerator is one of the automated scripts for adding printers to Munki. It’s pretty cool—you just put together a .csv of your printers and their IP addresses, and then run the script on the .csv, and all the pkginfo files for the printers will generate. I did run into one snag, though, which is using…

  • Exporting a .csv of users out of Active Directory

    Even though I found many tutorials on how to export Active Directory users from a group into a comma-separated values text file, none did exactly what I wanted (specify an organizational unit, get only the active users, get the first and last name and the email address out). I had to do a little bit…

  • Google Maps’ “an error occurred, your last action was reverted” import error

    If you’re importing a .csv (or .xlsx) file into a Google Maps map, you may have seen an error like an error occurred, your last action was reverted. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be official word on all the situations under which that happens and what the estimated timeframe is for a full fix (even…