About Exporter objects
Exporter objects on the Dataflow window let you configure custom exports, add notes, and repeat the same export in Echoview.
Exporter objects are created via the Dataflow Toolbox or on the Dataflow window. The Exporter settings are specified on the Exporter Properties dialog box. Exporter object property values may be exported to a text file via the Shortcut (right-click) menu, Export, Settings.
After configuring the Exporter object, to export results to a file:
- Double-click the Exporter object, or move the mouse pointer over the Exporter object and right-click, then select Export and choose the relevant export command.
- Specify a file name and path. Click Save.
The Shortcut (right-click) menu of the exporter object includes Export, Show Previous Export In File Explorer. This information is also displayed for the exporter on the Details dialog box under General, Previous export path.
Exporters of the same Exporter type support the editing of Variable Properties for selected multiple variables.
Exporter types include analysis exporters and measurement exporters.
Analysis exporters
- Fish track analysis exporter
- Frequency distribution exporter
- ICES analysis exporter
- Single targets analysis exporter
- Sv integration exporter
- Vegetation analysis exporter
- Wideband frequency response exporter
- Wideband frequency response - Single targets exporter
Measurement exporters
- Measurements - complex data
- Measurements - CSV
- Measurements - EVD
- Measurements - EVL
- Measurements - georeferenced samples
- Measurements - HAC
- Measurements - ICES SONAR-netCDF4
- Measurements - image
- Measurements - MATLAB
- Measurements - underlying data
The command interface supports exporter objects, exporter properties and the Export action. COM scripting supports creating an exporter, exporter objects and the exporters collection.
From Echoview 16 onward, many Echogram menu, Export commands create exporter objects on the Dataflow window instead of running a one-off export. The tables below map the previous export commands to their equivalent exporter object types to help you relate older workflows to the current exporter-based workflow.
If you previously exported via Echogram menu, Export... |
Then your exporter object will be ... |
Analysis by Regions, Integration |
Sv integration, configured to use regions as the analysis domain. |
Analysis by Cells, Frequency distribution |
Frequency distribution, configured to use cells as the analysis domain. |
Analysis by Transects, Single targets |
Single target analysis, configured to use transects as the analysis domain. |
Analysis by Regions, Fish tracks (with database export mode selected so that you get target values for every target in a track) |
Fish track analysis, configured to use regions as the analysis domain and local output settings to use the database format. |
Analysis by Cells, To ICES CSV |
ICES analysis, configured to use cells as the analysis domain, with Mean Sv and Cell middle as the analysis type and variable to export. |
Export, Vegetation Analysis |
Vegetation analysis, configured to use a specified grid spacing, bottom line, and vegetation line. |
Analysis by regions, Wideband Frequency response |
Wideband Frequency Response analysis, configured to use a specified region class, variables, output type, calculation settings and window size. |
If you previously exported from a wideband frequency response echogram via Shortcut menu, |
Then your exporter object will be ... |
(On a single beam pulse compressed echogram) Export Selection, Wideband Frequency Response |
Wideband frequency response analysis, configured to use specified variables, output type, calculation settings and window size. |
(On a single target echogram based on a pulse compressed data) Export Region, Wideband Frequency Response |
Wideband frequency response - Single targets analysis, configured to use specified variables, output type, calculation settings and window size. |
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If you previously exported measurement data via Echogram menu, Export... |
Then your exporter object will be ... |
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Sv Values to CSV... TS Values to CSV... Angular Positions to CSV... Power Values to CSV... |
Measurements - CSV, configured to export measurement values (for example Sv, TS, angular position and power) to CSV format using a specified export range and file options. |
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Sv Values to Matlab... TS Values to Matlab... Angular Positions to Matlab... Power Values to Matlab... |
Measurements - MATLAB, configured to export measurement values (for example Sv, TS, angular position and power) to MATLAB data file format using a specified export range. |
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Complex Sv/TS/Power Values to Matlab... |
Measurements - MATLAB, configured to export complex measurement values to MATLAB data file format. |
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Complex Data... |
Measurements - complex data, configured to export complex measurement values to CSV format using a specified export range and file options. |
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Underlying Data... |
Measurements - underlying data, configured to export underlying data values to CSV format using a specified export range. |
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Georeferenced Samples |
Measurements - georeferenced samples, configured to create a georeferenced samples export using a specified export range and export domain. |
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To Echoview Data File Format |
Measurements - EVD, configured to export measurement values to the Echoview data file format using a specified export range and file options. |
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To ICES NetCDF4 Format... |
Measurements - ICES SONAR-netCDF4, configured to export measurement values to the ICES SONAR-netCDF4 data file format using a specified export range. |
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To HAC Format... |
Measurements - HAC, configured to export measurement values to HAC data file format, optionally using file compression. |
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To Image |
Measurements - image, configured to export a raster image using horizontal and vertical extents, image splitting, and image dimension settings. |