I'm very intrigued about this. I see a lot of users consuming Aggregate exports instead of using Briefcase exports, which are much better suited for forms with repeat groups, etc. I would love to know the rationale behind the decision of using Aggregate instead of Briefcase. Is it maybe the web API? What is that that Aggregate has and Briefcase lacks?
Based on the feedback from last weeks, I'm starting to think about backloged and new features that might be handy for these use cases:
- Export of flat CSV files
- Export media attachments as download URLs instead of writing the actual files into the output folder
If I use many calculations on my form all of them will be part of the export. If in the future ODK Central or Briefcase would give the possibility to choose which variable to export this would be very useful.
This is also interesting!
Thanks for the feedback!