[gradebook2-dev] some grades are missing when importing grades from .CSV files into GB2

Tue Sep 14 12:58:11 PDT 2010

Well I don't think its wrong to require the same number of comma separated
fields on all lines.  So if line 1 has 10 fields, line 50 should have the
same.

Mike

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Kim Huang <kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu>wrote:

> The problem is in
> ImportExportUtility.java, function : readInGradeDataFromImportFile
> these lines:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> String[] strippedColumns = new String[columns.length - 1];
> int n = 0;
> for (int i=0;i<columns.length;i++) {
> Integer columnNumber = Integer.valueOf(i);
>
> if (ieInfo.getIgnoreColumns().contains(columnNumber))
> continue;
>
> if (ieInfo.getCourseGradeFieldIndex() == i)
>
> continue;
>
>
> if (n < strippedColumns.length)
> strippedColumns[n] = columns[i];
> n++;
> --------------------------------
> for line "a6 at 1.com <mailto:a6 at 1.com>,a6 at 1.com <a6 at 1.com%3E,a6 at 1.com>
> <mailto:a6 at 1.com>,88,,,,,," <a6 at 1.com%3E,88,,,,,,>, the size of columns is
> 8, so the size of
> strippedColumns is defined as 7
> the strippedColumns[n] = columns[i]; will execute , because n is 2 for
> the grade "88" column,
>
> but for line "a7 at 1.com, a7 at 1.com,88", the size of columns is 3, so the
> size of strippedColumns is defined as 2,
> since n ==2 when the grade should be assigned, but if (n <
> strippedColumns.length) returns false,
> so the grade is not assigned.
>
> file Gradebook.csv looks perfectly normal when opened under Microsoft
> excel , so I think a lot of faculties will have this type of the file
> I don't know how important the size of strippedColumns in your code,
> otherwise I will define it as the same size of columns
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Kim
>
>
> Michael Wenk wrote:
> > I think the last 3 lines aren't being imported because they don't have
> > all the columns the other lines have.
> >
> > Here are the last 4 lines:
> >
> > a6 at 1.com <mailto:a6 at 1.com>,a6 at 1.com <a6 at 1.com%3E,a6 at 1.com> <
> mailto:a6 at 1.com>,88 <a6 at 1.com%3E,88>,,,,,,
> > a7 at 1.com <mailto:a7 at 1.com>,a7 at 1.com <a7 at 1.com%3E,a7 at 1.com> <
> mailto:a7 at 1.com>,88 <a7 at 1.com%3E,88>
> > a8 at 1.com <mailto:a8 at 1.com>,a8 at 1.com <a8 at 1.com%3E,a8 at 1.com> <
> mailto:a8 at 1.com>,88 <a8 at 1.com%3E,88>
> > a9 at 1.com <mailto:a9 at 1.com>,a9 at 1.com <a9 at 1.com%3E,a9 at 1.com> <
> mailto:a9 at 1.com>,88 <a9 at 1.com%3E,88>
> >
> >
> > I need to run it thru hosted mode to be fully sure, but I strongly
> > suspect this is the problem...
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 5:27 AM, Kim Huang <kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu
> > <mailto:kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu>> <kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu%3E%3E>wrote:
> >
> > Thomas,
> > Please find it at attachment. BTW, following the step stated in the
> > previous email, you can re-create the problem easily.
> > Thanks,
> > -Kim
> > Thomas Amsler wrote:
> > > Kim,
> > >
> > > Could you please send us your CSV file that causes this issue?
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > -- Thomas
> > >
> > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Thomas Amsler
> > <tpamsler at ucdavis.edu <mailto:tpamsler at ucdavis.edu><tpamsler at ucdavis.edu%3E>
> > > <mailto:tpamsler at ucdavis.edu>> <tpamsler at ucdavis.edu%3E%3E>
> > <mailto:tpamsler at ucdavis.edu%3E%3E> <tpamsler at ucdavis.edu%3E%3E%3E>wrote:
> > >
> > > Thank you for reporting this. We will try to verify this as soon
> > > as possible.
> > > -- Thomas
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Kim Huang
> > > <kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu <mailto:kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu><kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu%3E>
> > <mailto:kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu>> <kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu%3E%3E>
> > <mailto:kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu%3E%3E><kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu%3E%3E%3E>wrote:
> > >
> > > Thomas,
> > > Thanks for your quick response. Here you go for the new jira -
> > > GRBK-740
> > >
> > > http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/GRBK-740
> > >
> > > I am willing help debug if you can point to me roughly where
> > > you think the problem could be.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > -Kim
> > > Thomas Amsler wrote:
> > >
> > > Kim,
> > >
> > > Please create a GRBK JIRA for this.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > -- Thomas
> > >
> > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Kim Huang
> > > <kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu <mailto:kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu><kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu%3E>
> > > <mailto:kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu> <kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu%3E>
> > <mailto:kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu%3E> <kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu%3E%3E>
> > > <mailto:kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu <kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu>
> > > <mailto:kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu>>><kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu%3E%3E%3E>
> > <mailto:kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu%3E%3E%3E><kimhuang at oit.rutgers.edu%3E%3E%3E%3E>wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi, Folks,
> > >
> > > Found a serious issue of grades being truncated when
> > > importing grades
> > > from CSV file on Rutgers production server( GB2
> > > -v1.2.0). Then I
> > > reproduced it on one of the Sakai QA
> > > servers(http://qa6-us.sakaiproject.org/portal). Please
> > > help to confirm
> > > whether this problem has been recorded/solved in jira.
> > > Otherwise I
> > > will
> > > create a jira.
> > >
> > > When you import a class grades from .csv file, not all
> > > the grades
> > > in CSV
> > > file are imported completed. Usually the last few (one
> > > or two) entries
> > > are missing. This problem only happens on .csv file,
> > > XLS files
> > > work just
> > > fine.
> > > It can be reproduced by the following steps:
> > >
> > > 1. create a new site, can be either project site or
> > > course site.
> > > 2. add about 16+ participants.
> > > 3. add some new items in gradebook2, i.e. HW1, HW2,
> > > HW3, etc
> > > 4. first export the grades by clicking on
> > > tools->export->grades &
> > > structures->as .csv file
> > > 5. edit the exported .csv file, added a grade to one
> > > column for EVERY
> > > student in the gradebook(i.e. add "88" for HW1 for 16
> > > students, if you
> > > have 16 students in this site.) save the file
> > > 6. import the just saved .csv file by tools->import,
> > > you will see from
> > > preview data view, some grades are missing. usually the
> > > last few
> > > entries
> > > are missing.
> > >
> > > (I investigated a little bit, the .csv file has been
> > > read in
> > > correctly,
> > > which means, readInGradeDataFromImportFile in
> > > ImportExportUtility.java
> > > reads the complete whole set of grades from .csv file.)
> > >
> > > Thanks, Let me know if you have further question,
> > >
> > > -Kim Huang
> > >
> > >
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> >
> > [see attachment: "Gradebook(4) 08-21-52.csv", size: 562 bytes]
> >
> >
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> >
> > Gradebook(4) 08-21-52.csv
> > <
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