Exporting artists to excel

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rwlms
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Exporting artists to excel

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I would like to create a list of the artists in the LMS / Muso database. Preferably in a format that Excel can import.
Can Muso help me with this?
Thanks
Rob
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Re: Exporting artists to excel

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You can use the Export to XML option from the File menu, unticking all the options that add extra unnecessary detail, & what you end up with is a catalog.xml file containing just artists and albums in the C:\Users\Public\Music\muso\catalog folder.
Then you can open this in Excel, choose the "Use the XML Source task pane", drag the Artist Name column from the XML Source Window to a worksheet, right-click in the cell in the worksheet and choose Import -> XML from the menu, and specify the source XML file again. You end up with all the artists listed in the column.
rwlms
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Re: Exporting artists to excel

Post by rwlms »

Fantastic. I'll try it out tonight. I knew Muso would be able to do it somehow!
Thanks
Rob
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