Export back to the spreadsheet

Take the definitions, stars and connections you refined in Themescape back into your coding workbook, in the same format.

Used in phases 5 and 6, defining themes and writing up

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ExportExportYour progressDefinitions (CSV)Definitions table (Word)data.csvframework.csvconnections.csvsettings.csvDataFrameworkConnectionsSettingsDataFrameworkConnectionsSettingsquotetheme
Same format

The files come back with the template's columns, so they drop into your workbook.

Your spreadsheet stays the record

Refining in Themescape should not leave your spreadsheet behind. Export writes your project as the template's own files, so the definitions you rewrote, the quotes you starred and the connections you marked can go back into the workbook you code in.

The Data file comes back with your own columns, rows and notes, and any extra columns you added, with only the preferred column updated to your current stars. Nothing else in your coding is changed.

At a glance

Files
Data, Framework, Connections and Settings, as CSV
Data
your rows and columns as they were, with the preferred column set to your stars
Framework
definitions, order and any theme colours
Connections
each link with its note, type and arrow

Bringing your changes home

Do this when a round of refining is finished.

ExportBoundaries andOverworkBlurredhoursNo offswitchEmail atnightWeekendworkExportYour progressDefinitions (CSV)Definitions table (Word)Connections (CSV)data.csvframework.csvconnections.csvsettings.csvlayout.json
DataFrameworkConnectionsSettingsDataFrameworkConnectionsSettingsquote_idparticipantquotethemecodedata.csvframework.csvconnections.csvsettings.csv
DataFrameworkConnectionsSettingsDataFrameworkConnectionsSettingsquote_idparticipantquotethemecodeBoundaries andOverworkBlurredhoursNo offswitchEmail atnightWeekendwork
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Made in your browser, saved to your computer

The export files are written in your browser and saved to your own computer. Nothing is sent anywhere.

  • Read locally

    Transcripts and quotes are read locally and never leave the machine.

  • Nothing to submit

    No file submission or permanent storage is required.

  • Quotes untouched

    Verbatim quotes are never altered, with a separate refined column for presentation wording.

  • Sheets is opt in

    The Google Sheets mode is opt in, for non-sensitive data only.

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Connections in the export

The viewer writes the type of each link as code or theory, and the template accepts either wording, since any value containing "theor" is read as theoretical.

A link to a sub-code is written as Code > Sub-code, the same form the template uses.

File names

Each file is named after your project, with "themescape session end" and the date and time added.

The same files as your progress

Export, Your progress and Exit with my progress download the same files, so one save serves both purposes.

Related features

The features you will use alongside export back to the spreadsheet, closest first.

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Progress filesSave your project to your own computer as files you can load next time, because Themescape keeps no copy of it.See the featureWork modeEvery tool in view for the slow part of analysis: rewriting definitions, choosing quotes and marking how themes relate.See the featureSpreadsheet templateOne row per coded quote in a familiar spreadsheet, which Themescape turns into a map of your themes, codes and quotes.See the featureShow relationshipsDraw the links you see between themes, codes and sub-codes, each marked as found in the data, proposed in theory, or cause and effect.See the feature

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