Is there any way to import observations? [Answered: coming in version 4.1]

[EmeraldHillsSkies]

I'm enjoying learning SkyTools.
Let's say I'd like to import my previous observations. How would I do that? Is there any kind of bulk import capability - say, from a CSV list from another application or even from spreadsheet records?

[EmeraldHillsSkies]

I just found the "Import Shared Data from File" menu item. I bet that's my ticket. I'll look that up in the documentation. Again, I'm enjoying SkyTools. Thanks!

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I just found the "Import Shared Data from File" menu item. I bet that's my ticket. I'll look that up in the documentation. Again, I'm enjoying SkyTools. Thanks!

OK - looks like that only imports STX format. I can't find any documentation as to how, if at all, i might convert, say, a Csv file into STX? I'm afraid I'm still coming up empty-handed after all.

[EmeraldHillsSkies]

As a background to this question, I have over 2000 observations to import... 3 Messier Marathons (110, 109, and 109), the entire Caldwell Catalog, the entire Herschel 400 list, plus O'Meara's Secret Deep, Hidden Treasures - and I'm halfway through Harrington's Cosmic Challenges. I don't mind manually copying-and-pasting these in, but it might take me a while. Yikes. : ) I've prepped them all as an Excel file - but now what do I do?

[obrazell]

what you have moved on in a week from AstroPlanner/Stellarium being the center of your workflow to SkyTools :-) , after
all the work Paul did writing a script to get your observations from DSP 8 to Astroplanner :-(

[EmeraldHillsSkies]

what you have moved on in a week from AstroPlanner/Stellarium being the center of your workflow to SkyTools :-) , after
all the work Paul did writing a script to get your observations from DSP 8 to Astroplanner :-(

I know! I feel ashamed!   I've been reluctant to say even a word about it. But - truth be known, I'm still trying to decide where I belong. What's your conclusion, Obrazell?

[theskyhound]

To answer the original question- the ability to import log entries from other software coming in version 4.1 later this year. There was a stand alone program to do this in SkyTools 3, but I am going to add it directly to SkyTools in version 4.1.

[EmeraldHillsSkies]

To answer the original question- the ability to import log entries from other software coming in version 4.1 later this year. There was a stand alone program to do this in SkyTools 3, but I am going to add it directly to SkyTools in version 4.1.

This is awesome, Greg! I'll be patient then -- to import the real observations. 
For now, I've just done a "maintenance session" in which i did "quick observations" (without descriptions) for the one-thousand-or-so objects I've observed. That will at least help me know to prioritize them less over the coming year until 4.1 releases. Thanks for your work!