using published data to power the survey dashboard

Author: FionaDmello

.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # custom
-*.csv
+responses_cleaned_mapped_to_publish.csv
 #survey_dashboard/hmc_layout/static/en_files/fonts/
 
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files

survey_dashboard/core/config.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 def get_data_path():
     """Get the path to the data file relative to this module"""
     this_folder = Path(__file__).parent.parent
-    return this_folder / "data" / "responses_cleaned_mapped_to_publish.csv"
+    return this_folder / "data" / "hmc_survey_2021_data.csv"
 
 DATAFILE_PATH = str(get_data_path())
 

survey_dashboard/core/data.py

@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ class DataProcessor:
 
     def __init__(self):
         """Initialize the data processor with survey data."""
-        self.survey_data = pd.read_csv(DATAFILE_PATH)
+        # Read CSV, skipping comment lines that start with #
+        self.survey_data = pd.read_csv(DATAFILE_PATH, comment='#')
         # Rename columns to human readable names
         self.survey_data.rename(columns=HCS_colnamesDict, inplace=True)