Backup obi202 configuration
QBZappy:
swl1961,
Quote from: se1961 on February 12, 2013, 05:22:21 pm
I have backed up my configuration by pasting screen shots into a word doc, so at least I can retrace my steps. :)
Well, if you're gonna do that, might as well make the backup and open the XML file using M$ excel. Open it in XML format and you get nice clean columns showing your config details.
se1961:
HA! Perfect! I'm going to go try that right now. Thanks to both of you for pointing the way to a more reliable workaround. ;D
Edit: just did the backup. It's brilliant! To think of all the time I wasted cutting and pasting. Thanks so much.
jwcmb:
I think a really helpful feature about using Excel to transform the xml into columns and rows, especially when selecting the "Incl. Default Values" option when making the backup, is that you can then filter the X_UD column for blanks. This gives you all the changes you've made to the default values in one view. Very handy!
When I have a few minutes, I'd like to test out whether the configuration backup xml file can be read and transformed by either Google's online spreadsheet or the Excel WebApp. Maybe someone's already tried that and can report on it. But if not, I'd like to try it.
se1961:
Would you be so kind as to elaborate on your "filtering" method? I tried doing a backup with defaults and couldn't really understand how it worked, so went with the plain vanilla backup instead. I'm neither a VOIP programmer, nor an Excel expert, so it might be beyond me. :-\
CoalMinerRetired:
They're referring to Data > Filter > Drop Down arrows/list with check boxes. Exact usage depends on which version of Excel you are using (2013, 2007, 2003....). In an import I just did in XL 2007 the filter thing was already there on all columns.
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