How do save the edited file?

Question

Hi All,

I have imported an excel file into Yed and have defined an hierarchy.  After which, I made changes to the data using Yed(basically some deletions).  How do I write it back to excel?  Is there a way to store it in excel format or xml format?  If yes, please let me know.

Thanks

Sunil Kumar

Answer 1

yEd does not support Excel as an export format.

However, GraphML, yEd's native file format, is an XML based format. So, if you need XML, then GraphML is the way to go.

Comments

Primarily, I have data in excel or xml format.  Currently, I am using Yed as a viewer, and I am looking for an option of updating the data(primarly deletion of nodes) and then save it back in excel or xml format.

Please let me know, on this.  I hope, I am clear.

Thanks
Sunil Kumar

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I do not  think yEd is the right tool for editing your data. Use yEd as a viewer only and stick to Excel for deleting data.

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Thanks Thomas for the clarification.  Would certainly miss this feature very much. :-(

By the way, is there is any other alternate free tool, that is both a viewer and editor as well?

Thanks again
Sunil Kumar

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yEd *is* an editor - you can edit (or rather modify) GraphML files just fine. It is just not an editor for Excel/generic XML files.

Unfortunately,  I do not know if there is an application that does what you want.

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Thank you very much for your quick response!