Feature Request: Integrate data conversion that allows additional data file formats to be offered in download options
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Description
Overview of the Feature Request
Add additional file formats available to download for data files,
Current available format: Original data file format, tab, RData
Additional formats:
Excel, Stata, SPSS, SAS and potentially more
What kind of user is the feature intended for?
(Example users roles: API User, Curator, Depositor, Guest, Superuser, Sysadmin)
User
What inspired the request?
Many users of Borealis requested for more data file formats for the download option
What existing behavior do you want changed?
No
Any brand new behavior do you want to add to Dataverse?
Changes in R scripts and file options added in Access File > Data Options
Any open or closed issues related to this feature request?
Are you thinking about creating a pull request for this feature?
Help is always welcome, is this feature something you or your organization plan to implement?
Yes
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Review the existing R scripts and the Access File > Data Options behavior first, including how Original, tab, and RData downloads are exposed. Define and verify support for Excel, Stata, SPSS, and SAS as additional download options, while confirming the intended scope for further formats.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, r
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100