Exporting metadata from Lightroom to a flat file.

I would like to export the metadata in a lightroom database to a flat file or Excel sheet. Is this possible? I'm using lightroom on a PC.

John,
Thanks for your reply and the references to the tools. I ran the sqlLite Database Browser to look at the LR database, and to be honest it was pretty much gibberish to me. There's over 50 tables in the database and some quick browsing through them revealed data that would seem to require a knowledge of the database structure to extract. I'm a photographer with very good knowledge of how to use software tools to do my job, but I'm not a programmer and really don't have the time or the desire to become one.
My point is any good database software should have the capability to generate at least a flat file of the information contained within. In LR's case, I (and it seems others based on feature requests) would like to see a capability of exporting a CSV or tab-delimited file of the information contained in the side panels (i.e., keywords, the metadata browser, and the metadata panel for starters) on an image-by-image basis. I could then use the output in any of several other tools to do what I need.
Thanks again for your helpful links. Maybe someone can come up with a "CSV generator" using one of those tools that could be shared among LR users.

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Exporting metadata from Lightroom to Excel

For all those out there wanting to export metadata from Lightroom to CSV, I have found a Fantastic Company www.pkzsoftware.com that sell their product for approx AUS $10.00 "Lightroom Metadata Explorer" it works perfectly and their customer service is just the best you will find anywhere, being a computer novice I had a few problems and they went out of their way to assist me to get exactly the data I needed. Can't speak highly enough of the Company.

John,
Thanks for your reply and the references to the tools. I ran the sqlLite Database Browser to look at the LR database, and to be honest it was pretty much gibberish to me. There's over 50 tables in the database and some quick browsing through them revealed data that would seem to require a knowledge of the database structure to extract. I'm a photographer with very good knowledge of how to use software tools to do my job, but I'm not a programmer and really don't have the time or the desire to become one.
My point is any good database software should have the capability to generate at least a flat file of the information contained within. In LR's case, I (and it seems others based on feature requests) would like to see a capability of exporting a CSV or tab-delimited file of the information contained in the side panels (i.e., keywords, the metadata browser, and the metadata panel for starters) on an image-by-image basis. I could then use the output in any of several other tools to do what I need.
Thanks again for your helpful links. Maybe someone can come up with a "CSV generator" using one of those tools that could be shared among LR users.

Exporting tickets from support desk to flat file

Hi,
For several months now we're trying to export a support ticket from SAP Solution Manager through SAP XI to Peregrine. This does however not seem to work because the connector for SAP Solution Manager at XI side does not seem to exist. This is the feedback we received from SAP Global Support.
An alternative could be the export to file and let Peregrine polling the file system where the file will be written. However I have not a clue how to configure this.
Does anyone has any idea how to do this?
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Option 1 is to view throw a query and view the result from your database.
Suppose you load MARA table from SAP ECC to a table called MARA_TARGET in database MS SQL server.
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SELECT * FROM MARA_TARGET
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I am trying to extract metadata from essbase into a flat file using ODI.

I have 2 questions in this regard :
Some of the account members storage property is missing in the extract.the reason which i suspect is due to the parent child sorting that did not happen while extracting.How do i do this.I do not see this option when i select IKM hyperion Essbase Metadata to SQL....
I have many account members that have more than one UDA's upto 5 UDA's.But in my extrcat only one UDA appears.How do i incorporate all the UDA's in a single column,sperated by a comma,the extract file as such is semicolon seperated,mainly because of this reason and some alias descriptions have comma's in the source system
ODi is extracting metadata in a descending order.How do i change it to sort records in parent child order
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Edited by: user649227 on 2009/06/10 6:50 AM

Hi,
There was an issue with early versions of the KM around the storage property, this has since been resolved. I recommend upgrading to the latest release of ODI or have a look through the patches.
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John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

Exporting photos from Lightroom that are good enough quality for a photography website.

I am doing a website for a photographer client that need to showcase their images in a rotating gallery that will be about 1/2 the page so pretty big. She gave me all the photos in FULL size which meant that they were excellent quality and looked amazing on my computer at home as I have fast internet and they all loaded up in seconds. Only problem, when I tried it on a different internet source that wasn’t as speedy, they took so long to load that the next one would start, hence no images ever being visible. This is not good as not everyone will have as fast internet as me and it’s pointless if no one can see her work.
She then exported them for web, using the normal settings that she usually would, leaving them around 200-600KB which loads up nice and quickly, but the quality just don’t do the photo’s justice AT ALL!
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Each photo displays for 5 full seconds before alternating.
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You need to use export settings similar to this:
Quality setting should be at least 60, but you can sometimes get away with less. (smaller file size)
But if you need to export a lot of images, do them all at 60, and re-export as necessary. If you for instance see blockiness in a clear blue sky, increase quality until it goes away.
Color space must be set to sRGB.
Set the required size in pixels, using Long edge is quite convenient. Whatever you enter in the resolution box doesn't matter - web browser ignore ppi.
Experiment with Screen sharpening to find the setting that works best. Standard usually works OK, but it depends on the sharpness of the original.
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Extracting data from Oracle to a flat file

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Is there any script which i can use for pulling data from tables to a flat file and then import that data to other DB'sFlat file is adequate only from VARCHAR2, NUMBER, & DATA datatypes.
Other datatypes present a challenge within text file.
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Pulling data from table to a flat file

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Exporting Jpegs from Lightroom - DPI question

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Download data from internal table to flat file.

I need to download the data from Internal table to Flat file. can any one suggest how to do it? i suppose WS_Download OR GUI_DOWNLOAD.
but if it is please guide me how to use this.
is thre any other F.M. please provide the information.
Thanks in advance

Hi,
Try this,
* File download, uses older techniques but achieves a perfectly
* acceptable solution which also allows the user to append data to
* an existing file.
PARAMETERS: p_file like rlgrap-filename.
* Internal table to store export data
DATA: begin of it_excelfile occurs 0,
   row(500) type c,
   end of it_excelfile.
DATA: rc TYPE sy-ucomm,
        ld_answer TYPE c.
CALL FUNCTION 'WS_QUERY'
       EXPORTING
            query    = 'FE' "File Exist?
            filename = p_file
       IMPORTING
            return   = rc.
IF rc NE 0.                       "If File alread exists
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      EXPORTING
*          TITLEBAR              = ' '
*          DIAGNOSE_OBJECT       = ' '
           text_question         = 'File Already exists!!'
           text_button_1         = 'Replace'
*          ICON_BUTTON_1         = ' '
           text_button_2         = 'New name'
*          ICON_BUTTON_2         = ' '
*          DEFAULT_BUTTON        = '1'
*          DISPLAY_CANCEL_BUTTON = 'X'
*          USERDEFINED_F1_HELP   = ' '
*          START_COLUMN          = 25
*          START_ROW             = 6
*          POPUP_TYPE            =
      IMPORTING
           answer                = ld_answer
*     TABLES
*         PARAMETER              =
      EXCEPTIONS
          text_not_found         = 1
          OTHERS                 = 2.
* Option 1: Overwrite
    IF ld_answer EQ '1'.
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        EXPORTING
*            BIN_FILESIZE            =
             filename                = p_file        "File Name
             filetype                = 'ASC'
*       IMPORTING
*            FILELENGTH              =
        TABLES
            data_tab                = it_excelfile   "Data table
        EXCEPTIONS
            file_write_error        = 1
            no_batch                = 2
            gui_refuse_filetransfer = 3
            invalid_type            = 4
            OTHERS                  = 5.
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* Option 2: New name.
    ELSEIF ld_answer EQ '2'.
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        EXPORTING
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             filetype            = 'ASC'           "File type
*             col_select          = 'X'            "COL_SELECT
*             col_selectmask      = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
*                                                   "COL_SELECTMASK
             filetype_no_show    = 'X'     "Show file type selection?
*       IMPORTING
*             act_filename        = filename_dat
        TABLES
             data_tab            = it_excelfile    "Data table
*            fieldnames          =
        EXCEPTIONS
             file_open_error     = 01
             file_write_error    = 02
             invalid_filesize    = 03
             invalid_table_width = 04
             invalid_type        = 05
             no_batch            = 06
             unknown_error       = 07.
    ENDIF.
ELSE.                               "File does not alread exist.
    CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'
      EXPORTING
*          BIN_FILESIZE            =
           filename                = p_file         "File name
           filetype                = 'ASC'          "File type
*     IMPORTING
*          FILELENGTH              =
      TABLES
           data_tab                = it_excelfile   "Data table
      EXCEPTIONS
           file_write_error        = 1
           no_batch                = 2
           gui_refuse_filetransfer = 3
           invalid_type            = 4
           OTHERS                  = 5.
    IF sy-subrc <> 0.
      MESSAGE i003(zp) WITH
               'There was an error during Excel file creation'(200).
      exit. "Causes short dump if removed and excel document was open
    ENDIF.
ENDIF.
Regards,
Raghav

Is it possible to copy or export metadata from Folio Producer?

Hi,
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Thanks!

Bob,
Do you know when exporting metadata from Folio Producer will be available, and will it export directly to another rendition, or would it export to a sidecar.xml file?
The workflow my team prefers is to build our 1024x768 folio first, add metadata via Properties in the Folio Builder as we add articles, share the folio with editors and advertising sales, make edits and updates, then when all content is approved, create the 2048x1536 rendition folio using multiple importing of articles.
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Is there a way to save photos from lightroom without the original file?

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Your images aren't - and never were - in Lightroom, they're just referenced in Lightroom's database.
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Trouble Exporting Images from Lightroom 3

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My Images won't open in Photoshop CS5 when I click on Edit in Lightroom - even though this option has been selected? To edit in Photoshop I have to export image from Lightroom then import into Photoshop. I have other programmes such as NIK and if I wish

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How can I download from R/3 to flat file?

Hi
My requirement is to download Material and Supplier data from R/3 to flat file...
These are the fields I have to bring it from SAP R/3 but I don not want to DOWNLOAD FM. I want to Concatenate from Internal Table and put it on application server.
There are my following fields...
Material and Supplier
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Here is an example program showing how to write a tab-delimited file to the application server. All you need to do is get all your data into an internal table, then loop at it, concatenate all fields into a string and then transfer that string.
report zrich_0001.
parameters: d1 type localfile default '/usr/sap/TST/SYS/Test.txt'.
data: begin of itab occurs 0,
      field1(20) type c,
      field2(20) type c,
      field3(20) type c,
      end of itab.
data: str type string.
constants: con_tab type x value '09'.
* if you have a newer version, then you can use this instead.
*constants:
*    con_tab type c value cl_abap_char_utilities=>HORIZONTAL_TAB.
start-of-selection.
itab-field1 = 'ABC'.
itab-field2 = 'DEF'.
itab-field3 = 'GHI'.
append itab.
itab-field1 = '123'.
itab-field2 = '456'.
itab-field3 = '789'.
append itab.
open dataset d1 for output in text mode.
loop at itab.
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    transfer str to d1.
endloop.
close dataset d1.
Regards,
Rich Heilman

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