Dump Data

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Dump any Ladybug data collections into a file. You can use "LB Load Data" component to load the data collections from the file back into Grasshopper.

Inputs

• data [Required]

A list of Ladybug data collections to be written to a file.

• format

Text or an integer to set the format of the output file. Choose from the options below. (Default: CSV).

* 0 = CSV - Compact, human-readable, importable to spreadsheets

* 1 = JSON - Cross-language and handles any types of collections

* 2 = PKL - Compressed format only readable with Python

• name

A name for the file to which the data collections will be written. (Default: 'data').

• folder

An optional directory into which the data collections will be written. The default is set to a user-specific simulation folder.

• dump [Required]

Set to "True" to save the data collection to a file.

Outputs

• report

Errors, warnings, etc.

• data_file

The path of the file where the data collections are saved.