Hello all,
I have a process where I export a table from Excel into a json file and then import that into Tiddlywiki. Each row represents a tiddler with columns becoming fields. This works really great except for one thing. The imported tiddlers do not have a created or modified field. They only have the fields as they exist in the json file. Is there any way of getting around this?
Thanks in advance!
Unless “timestamps is off” a tiddler will get a modified and created date (need to check) as soon as they are edited. You can create a button containing a list widget that iterates all tiddlers and includes an action widget. You could do something as simple as add an empty caption field.
Just an idea, unless the middle JSON step is required somehow, would the native Excel import plugin help you and getting your data into TW?
Thanks @TW_Tones and @Lamnatos for the suggestions. After I sent the OP, I realized that I really need to give some more thought as to what I was going to use the created and modified fields for. I’m looking at different ways to sort the imported tiddlers and the created/modified fields may not be the right approach. Some noodling is definitely in order.