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XML Export of Idea Data

I would like to enable others to download the data from my IdeaScale site in a structured format - How can I do this?

We've added in a feature to export the data into XML (RSS 2.0) format. You (as the administrator) of an IdeaScale community can generate a download file.

If you want others to access the download file, you MUST check the box : "Enable API Access to XML File"

If your community is an Internal one, this option will not be available.
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OK - I got the XML file - but how can I let others get it?

In your community site there will be a link at the bottom (footer) to "Developers" - from there, users can request access to download the file that you generated (under the heading "Bulk Data Download"): See screenshot below:

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This gives everyone access to my data - is that OK?

Well - It depends. If you are creating a public site - everyone already has access to all the data (via HTML) - this model simply delivers the data in a more structured and organized way.

The current RSS/XML data does not contain the Email's or IP address of the authors - Can I get that?

No - Due to privacy considerations we will not enable that. As an administrator, you can however download the data into Excel and get access to all that data.

The current RSS/XML data does not contain comments - Can I get that?

At this point we've only exposed out the Core Idea data in XML - We plan on enabling the comments via XML also in the near future.

I have generated the XML download file by mistake - I do NOT want users to access the XML file - can I remove the file?

Yes - Please delete the file that got generated under "Download Center"

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