Can you export notes to excel edit them there and import them back into Axure?

Axure RP 8
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Hi,

Since editing notes in excel is a lot easier (copy paste/ lookup / compare,… )
Can you export the notes, edit them and then import them back into Axure? Didn’t find it.

If it doesn’t exist it would be a huge timesaver to add as a feature.

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Hi JohanAx,

To export your page and widget notes to CSV, you can go to “Publish > More Generators and Configurations…” and then click the “CSV Report 1” generator. Click “Generate” and on the dialog that opens make sure that you have selected your page notes and widget notes in the corresponding tabs. When you generate, those notes will appear in an Excel file where you can edit them.

As far as getting those notes back into Axure RP, there’s not currently a way to import data from an Excel file into notes fields. Right now your best bet would probably be to copy and paste the notes back into the file manually. This sounds like an interesting feature request though so I’ll make sure that product management sees this.

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Hi, At the company we’ve decided to also put all procesflows into Axure since it is a great customizable documentation tool.

But my question from 3 years back is even more prominent then back then.

I need to import roughly 4000 excell lines of about 20 columns. These
lines document the Stop/warning/info/determine rules for the fields according to various parameters

Each time creating object copy paste and switching between windows
I did the math and it would take me 31 days clicking every second 7 hours long like a robot

The flows and screens once documented are pretty stable but those Rules change frequently
Which makes it a lot easier to edit in excel >> export >> edit >> import.

I tried a lot of things :
Just created a label with the ruleID and looking them up in a popup (so not importing them) (converted the excel to HTML page where each line represents a

…content of collumns …

and fetch them throuh this JS code
function getBrRule() {
var RuleDB = “RuleProperties4Flows.txt #”;
var AXelement = $axure.getGlobalVariable(‘CurrentNameOfElement’);
var AXruleNr = $axure.getGlobalVariable(‘InSearchForRule’);

$('[data-label=TempRuleContainer').load(RuleDB + AXruleNr.trim());};

function showRule() {
var RuleTxt = $(’[data-label=TempRuleContainer’).text();
alert (RuleTxt);
};

many Thanks to Gregor for his JS Plugin

It Works but management preferred everythnig in one database ( = axure) (and not the conversion each time of the excel in Html format through macro’s)

Read about the AURE RP API >>> but only for exports
Although i saw a question from someone and you made a specifique version for him, but was for exports
…

My Ideal situation would be I create an axure object >> export to excel (with unique axureID) >> do documentation over there Import back into axure

is there a way? Ideas, any? Please?

Sincerely hoping for a solution,

Johan

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Hi Johan,

Since our last post, I’m afraid there weren’t new features implemented that would automate the process of importing excel values into the notes fields of your ID’ed widgets. And so this workflow between Excel and RP may not be a sustainable one. As we review with our product team, could you also elaborate on the broader workflow involving your team/collaborators, collecting feedback, etc.? It sounds as if gathering feedback through Axure Share Discussions isn’t going to be too applicable for your team.