I would like to second this. I use BP for teaching, and one of the first things I do each semester to work to take the info from my students' registration/profile and move it into other software for tracking. An exporter plugin would be great.
What I would really like is something akin to Drupal's Views module, which allows for the user to access the data in the tables in various ways by providing an easy interface to select fields and tables and then output the selections.
What I would really like is something akin to Drupal's Views module, which allows for the user to access the data in the tables in various ways by providing an easy interface to select fields and tables and then output the selections.
"Sounds like PHPMyAdmin to me... "
Yes, but with a much better interface, and the ability to output data for users.
Example: back when I used Drupal for my teaching sites, I created a view that allowed me to display a table of all student posts on a particular topic sorted alphabetically by student last name and filtered by section (I had 2 sections of an American lit class working together on one course site). So I could type in that I wanted post numbered "8" for section A, and I would get the alphabetized list of students who had done that post and when they did it. Of course, this view was available only to me as teacher/site admin.
Second example: Much like the first example, imagine the ability to provide users with a sortable table of users and data from profile fields. On a music site, if users entered a favorite genre in their profile, Views functionality would be used to output a table of username with link to profile, the user's musical preference, etc. The table could include the ability to sort on name, preference, or other fields.
Basically, what this sort of function does is allow for the display of all information to the user in ways WP typically allows only with custom fields on posts, because it provides access to comments, profile fields, etc.
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Lead Developer — 28th January 2010 #
Thanks! We'll consider this.
Note you can probably export the wp_bp_xprofile_fields and wp_bp_xprofile_groups tables.
Member — 29th January 2010 #
I would like to second this. I use BP for teaching, and one of the first things I do each semester to work to take the info from my students' registration/profile and move it into other software for tracking. An exporter plugin would be great.
What I would really like is something akin to Drupal's Views module, which allows for the user to access the data in the tables in various ways by providing an easy interface to select fields and tables and then output the selections.
Lead Developer — 29th January 2010 #
Sounds like PHPMyAdmin to me...
Member — 30th January 2010 #
"Sounds like PHPMyAdmin to me... "
Yes, but with a much better interface, and the ability to output data for users.
Example: back when I used Drupal for my teaching sites, I created a view that allowed me to display a table of all student posts on a particular topic sorted alphabetically by student last name and filtered by section (I had 2 sections of an American lit class working together on one course site). So I could type in that I wanted post numbered "8" for section A, and I would get the alphabetized list of students who had done that post and when they did it. Of course, this view was available only to me as teacher/site admin.
Second example: Much like the first example, imagine the ability to provide users with a sortable table of users and data from profile fields. On a music site, if users entered a favorite genre in their profile, Views functionality would be used to output a table of username with link to profile, the user's musical preference, etc. The table could include the ability to sort on name, preference, or other fields.
Basically, what this sort of function does is allow for the display of all information to the user in ways WP typically allows only with custom fields on posts, because it provides access to comments, profile fields, etc.
Erstwhile founder — 31st January 2010 #
Hiya,
You're most likely going to have to have a feature like that custom coded for you.
Thanks,
Andrew
Member — 9th February 2012 #
Vote on WP-CRM for buddypres custom fields integration:
http://feedback.twincitiestech.com/forums/95257-wp-crm/suggestions/2583385-integrate-with-buddypress-custom-field
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