Append Data to an Existing Table

Hi @rpm765 ,

Thank you for reaching out to us.

This feature is already in our backlog, but cannot promise an exact timeline for this now. This might take some time.

I will make sure to get back to you on the same thread and let you know once this feature is pushed up.

If you have any other questions or feedback – please don’t hesitate to let me know.

Kind Regards.

Thanks for the reply, Stephen. This would make Tablesome much more useful to people who are going to use the plug-in to display a large amount of data, entered over a period of time. In my case, entering the data (approx. 9,000 entries!) in a spreadsheet for a later import is much easier than trying to enter it directly in Tablesome.

Good luck on the code-writing. I will look for this update down the road somewhere.

Hi @rpm765 ,

Thanks much for helping us to better understand this use-case.

I have also added these in our documents. I will make sure to let you know once this is pushed up.

Kind Regards.

Hi @rpm765 ,

Would you mind if I ask one more question.

In your last message, you have mentioned “In my case, entering the data (approx. 9,000 entries!) in a spreadsheet for a later import is much easier than trying to enter it directly in Tablesome.”

Would you mind telling me, why you feel it would be better to enter 9k records in a spreadsheet rather than entering it in Tablesome editor itself? What would be the difficulty, do you think would be in entering it in Tablesome compared to Spreadsheet??

This would help us to improve our plugin, to better understand our customers and best meet your needs.

Looking forward to hearing back from you.

Kind Regards.

Stephen,

Your question is a very good one.

My Great-Grandfather’s diary project is a collaborative effort between myself, my two brothers, and my sister. We have divided the work flow so that we each have certain years of diary entries we are going to transcribe from the diary pages into text. With 9,000+ entries, that’s a lot of typing for each of us!

They don’t know how to work in the WordPress back end. But they all know how to use a spreadsheet and have the software to do it. That’s why I suggested it would be easier to make all these entries in a spreadsheet.

If we had the option to append data to an existing table, I could import their diary entries into the table as they finish them.

I hope that gives you a better understanding of our specific project.

Rich Melvin