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Would it be at all possible to make a player's PFS data downloadable in an easy-to-parse format?
I'm asking because a friend and I are in the process of writing a local database to organize what scenarios have been played, so that we can automatically marshal tables based on who's in attendance. We're meeting a lot of resistance from players who find it too time-consuming to enter in all of their information by hand.
If this isn't possible, I definitely understand, but it would certainly be convenient. :)
As a stopgap, if you're willing to do the actual data entry, you might be able to convince them to fill out a checklist of which scenarios they've played. Make a paper or electronic form and all they have to do is check off the ones they've played.
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If you're asking for a way for someone to download someone else's sessions, that's not something we're likely to ever do for privacy reasons.
Nah, I understand the privacy stuff involved, and I wasn't expecting anyone to download anyone else's session info. This way, though, we could have the players who wish to register with us simply download their own info, then quickly upload their session data to our database, rather than someone being forced to enter the data by hand.
Feegle, that's the way we've been doing it so far. With our growing playerbase, though, it's becoming somewhat taxing to do for everyone. Still better than not having it at all, though.
When you say that you and your friend are making a local database, do you mean that you're actually creating a database using SQL or Access or something? Or are you just using Excel?
If it's the former - especially if it's in SQL - it's relatively simple to make a checkbox form for each user to fill out... I can offer advice, if you need it.