Export: The Good, The Bad, and The Weird discussion
What's in an export file?
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My Export file does not include these fields. Perhaps because I never used them? Original Purchase Date
Original Purchase Location
Condition
Condition Description
BCID
I did some more research. It turns out that these columns aren't in my 2023 export files, either, but they are in my 2022 files from January to March. I must have been looking at an older export file when I gathered the column list above.
I think these columns were removed when GR dropped support for multiple features about a year ago. I didn't pay much attention at the time, because I didn't use these items, but I vaguely remember an announcement that users could download the data before it went away. Now I see the connection with the export file changes.
Thanks for the info, Elizabeth! I'll update the list in the first post.
Book Id
Title
Author
Author l-f
Additional Authors
ISBN
ISBN13
My Rating
Average Rating
Publisher
Binding
Number of Pages
Year Published
Original Publication Year
Date Read
Date Added
Bookshelves
Bookshelves with positions
Exclusive Shelf
My Review
Spoiler
Private Notes
Read Count
Owned Copies
Recommended For[Removed in 2022]Recommended ByOriginal Purchase DateOriginal Purchase LocationConditionCondition DescriptionBCIDSome column names are different from the labels in a book record ("Binding" instead of "Format" and "Number of Pages" instead of "Page Count"), but that's a minor detail.
Update: The last 8 items were removed in mid 2022, but appear in older files.
The last 8 items are a bit of mystery -- from "Recommended For" through "BCID". These items don't show up in book records or edition lists or shelves. I suspect that they're for obsolete, no-longer-supported features.I think "BCID" might stand for Book Crossing ID. (Book Crossing is mentioned in some very old posts over at Goodreads Help.) But what about the others?August 10, 2023: Corrected list. The current export file still has an "Owned Copies" column.