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Update PlainExportJob.java
Current versions of Excel on Windows experience strange issues when importing the tab-separated data browser export files. See also https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/excel-data-import-from-textcsv-is-incorrectly/c14fcb58-6698-45a7-a9d8-5beb9d997503 Changing the comment at the start of the file to just this essential information regarding the spreadsheet format circumvents import issues
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app/databrowser/src/main/java/org/csstudio/trends/databrowser3/export/PlainExportJob.java

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{
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super.printExportInfo(out);
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out.println(comment + "Format : " + formatter.toString());
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out.println(comment);
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out.println(comment + "Data is in TAB-delimited columns, for import into e.g. Excel.");
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out.println(comment + "The 'Time' column contains values like '2018-02-04 21:58:47.065'.");
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out.println(comment + "In your spreadsheet program, a custom column format like");
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out.println(comment + " 'yyyy-mm-d h:mm:ss.000'");
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out.println(comment + "might be required to show the full timestamp detail.");
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out.println(comment + "Spreadsheet: TAB-delimited import and format time as yyyy-mm-d h:mm:ss.000");
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out.println();
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}
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