Hi at mastodon-sc,

It seems that the CSV Importer is not working in the current Mastodon version:

Trying to load this (dummy) table, I get this error:
special.csv

Mastodon error.txt

Can you have a look?

Best,
Christian

User Story

The importer currently lets users import spots from a simple and commonly used csv file into Mastodon. This way, users can use Mastodon’s visualization and analysis tools.

The figure shows where to find the CSV importer

Currently, users can select a .csv file from the file system. The importer displays the first line (aka header) of the file and lets users choose the correct order for the columns (like x, y, z, frame, label) without having to modify the csv file.

However, the “CSV Importer” can only import spots. It can’t handle links or cell divisions, which makes it very difficult to import anything that has been tracked outside of Mastodon. It may be be beneficial, if the functionality of importing links would be implemented into the CSV importer.

The figure shows the CSV importer in action and the result (unlinked spots)

Tasks:

• Decide
  • Whether the initial import dialog as extended with a second file (for the links)
  • Whether there will be a separate import dialog that is just for links
• In both cases: to the new dialog (section), a selection of link source column and link target column is added, similar to the existing column choices for spots

Following up on the layout that @xulman is putting forth in his Mastodon plugins (e.g. those from tomancak-lab or from the celltrackingchallenge repos)

I propose to update the position of the CSV importer under the Imports menu