BoviSync provides the ability to schedule automated report downloading to specific directories on your computer. This functionality can be very helpful for doing data analysis with other software programs. Sometimes there is a need for merging larger datasets together to do larger analysis. BoviSync supports CSV file downloads of up to 3 million cells. Items types and cell lookups may impact report downloads.
If you need to have larger files, we suggest you create report downloads of smaller reports. And then use tools, such as the command line or batch scripts to easily merge the smaller files into single large files for analysis. Common ways to breakdown the reports are by smaller date ranges, smaller groups of farms, and limiting event reports to specific event type(s).
To merge the CSV files, follow these instructions:
1) Have all the CSV file you want to merge in one directory.
2) Open the command line in that directory (typing "cmd" into the address bar of the folder is the simplest way to get there)
3) Type -- copy *.csv all.csv -- and hit enter to copy all data in the files into all.csv
If you have trouble with those directions, some suggestions for merging with the command line can be found here:
If you require data in larger formats, please contact BoviSync support. They can direct you to some fee-for-use features such as expanded CSV file download sizes and API data access.