Comments on: Export a MindManager Map to Microsoft Excel

By: ActivityOwner

ActivityOwner — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:17:16 +0000

Hi Annie — Are you looking for tools that do precisely the reverse of what is shown above for this tool? I'm not familiar with anything out there right now.

I think macros could be written to do this, but it would take several hours and I don't know when I'll find the time. I'd also need to figure out how to connect up to a particular existing spreadsheet rather than just create a new spreadsheet as is done here.

The "next action" on the blog is to do some programming tutorials, so perhaps this could be the example we use.

By: Annie

Annie — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:38:06 +0000

I am looking for a tool which can import data from Excel to MindManager. So the data is presented from Tabluar/Outline format into MindManager Map format. Can anyone help?

Thank you.

By: ActivityOwner

ActivityOwner — Fri, 07 May 2010 23:20:23 +0000

Good suggestion. I have added notes export to the latest beta version in the setup.exe and to the wiki.

Note that it only exports extended information for the final children topics in the map. Notes (and other extended information) in parent topics isn't exported.

By: Morten Bonde

Morten Bonde — Fri, 07 May 2010 11:37:29 +0000

Hi there, this is a great macro and great support too (Thanks millions!!)

Is there any way I can get the macro to also export the topic notes?

Cheers,
Morten

By: ActivityOwner

ActivityOwner — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:37:13 +0000

My guess is that the problem is that you need to go into macro editor for this macro and choose "edit", "references", and check off the right Microsoft Excel object library. Interesting that it works with your modification to the "dim" statement!

By: Jorik

Jorik — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:59:01 +0000

Nevermind,

I changed:
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Dim excelapp As Excel.Application
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Into:
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Dim excelapp
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Now it works!!!! :D

Great Macro, thanks alot!!!

Jorik

By: Jorik

Jorik — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:07:36 +0000

I don't know if it's possible, but maybe it is because I have mindmanager 8 in stead of mindmanager 7 like all people above! Or I have a newer version of Excel?

Hope to hear from you soon!

Thanks alot!

Jorik

By: Jorik

Jorik — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:32:00 +0000

Hi,

I get the same error message as Thorsten:

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An error occurred while trying to access the macro:

C:\..\..\..\..\Mindjet\MindManager\8\macros\Macro_map2excel.mmbas

Please check that the macro is valid.
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Now when I open the macro in editor and play it, it stops at the line:
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Dim excelapp As Excel.Application
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Can you please help me???

Thanks,

Jorik

By: thorsten

thorsten — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:10:36 +0000

Hi AO,
no problem, your reply arrived just in time. : ) Thank you very much for your support. Now it works great.

Thanks again and
Best wishes,
Thorsten

By: ActivityOwner

ActivityOwner — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:16:27 +0000

Hi — Sorry for delay in reply. It looks like you need to also download ao_common.mmbas into the same directory as the macro.

http://wiki.activityowner.com/index.php?title=Ao_common.mmbas

By: thorsten

thorsten — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:20:29 +0000

Hi,
I have added the macro in my MM7 (company laptop, no admin rights) but it doesn't work and prompts the error message:

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An error occurred while trying to access the macro:

C:\Documents and Settings\MYHOME\Local Settings\Application Data\Mindjet\MindManager\7\macros\Map2Excel.mmbas

Please check that the macro is valid.
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When I open the macro in the editor and press the play button, it stops at the entry

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'#uses "ao_common.mmbas"
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Can you please give me a hint what to do next? I have no clue about macros.

Thanks
Thorsten

By: ActivityOwner

ActivityOwner — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:16:59 +0000

Hi MIke — What would your input Excel file look like and what would you want it to turn into on the MindManager side? It is pretty straightforward to go from MindManager to Excel in a defined way, but the reverse requires some definition/predictability on the Excel side.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:38:08 +0000

Great tool. Very helpful. I am in need of going the other direction. From Excel to MM8. I cannot seem to find anything besides a very basic macro. Is there some other tool you may have that does this?

Thanks!

Mike

By: George

George — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:39:08 +0000

This is way cool!!! TY TY TY

By: Thuy Tran

Thuy Tran — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:40:20 +0000

I have added "#" as instructed. Now the Welcome to Mindmap.mmap file is being converted to Excel topic by topic visually. How fantastic the macro is! The tabular format really meets my need of data analysis. Thanks a ton.

By: ActivityOwner

ActivityOwner — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:14:21 +0000

Sorry — there was a typo in the macro ('uses "ao_common.mmbas" should be '#uses "ao_common.mmbas" at the top).

A fresh setup (setup134.exe) has been uploaded with corrected macro.

By: Thuy Tran

Thuy Tran — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:20:09 +0000

Hello there,
I am having a need of exporting a large Mind Manager map to Excel for data analysis. I've installed Map2Excel macro (setup133.exe), then open the map I want to export, select Macro button on the ribbon, navigate to Map2Excel macro file and Run. It prompts an error below:

An error while trying to access the macro: C:\Program Files\Mindjet\MindManager 8\AO\ao_map2excel.mmbas. Please check that macro is valid.

Do I miss any steps before calling Map2Excel macro? Please help advices. Many thanks.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:49:43 +0000

Thanks. Without really knowing what I was doing I merged the macro with the ao_common macro to create a single macro and everything works fine. Great results – thanks.

By: ActivityOwner

ActivityOwner — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:15:34 +0000

Try opening the macro inside the macro editor and hitting the play button and seeing where it points out the error being. The error will be listed in the lower left corner of the macro window. It could be you have some stray text text at beginning or end.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:52:54 +0000

Am excited by this and trying to trial however I get this message. I have pasted the code into the macro editor and saved it. I have also saved the ao_common macro in the same way and in the same directory.

I have added the macros to the MM Macro tool.

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Mindjet MindManager
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An error occurred while trying to access the macro:

C:\Documents and Settings\Steve\Local Settings\Application Data\Mindjet\MindManager\8\macros\Map2Excel.mmbas

Please check that the macro is valid.
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OK
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By: ActivityOwner

ActivityOwner — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:08:05 +0000

Hi Andyman — Good suggestions. I modified the Map2Excel macro so that it now has the option for "extended information".

If you choose this, it puts the priority, completion status, and resources in the first few columns.

What is more interesting with this version is that is now also includes hyperlinks to the topic and, if present, the link present on the topic.

This could be a good way to jump back to maps or, if you are working from a dashboard, to the underlying map.

The new code is in the "beta" ao-setup program as well as in the wiki. It can be run directly or called by the "m2e" gyroq tag.

http://activityowner.com/installers/ao-setup-beta-download.php

By: Andyman

Andyman — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:07:27 +0000

Great macro – I use it a lot for exporting my "TO DO" lists.

BUT it would be even greater with the following feature extensions:
- Icon markers (Priority level and Completion status are especially important for a project manager)
- Text markers (Especially "Resources").

Please keep up the good work. Thanks!

By: Bernhard

Bernhard — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:44:20 +0000

That worked and actually allows modification of the maximum column width – a nice additional feature. Thanks for the update.

By: ActivityOwner

ActivityOwner — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:58:24 +0000

Thanks for the catch Bernhard. I uploaded that sets the maximum column width at 80. I don't the precise maximum but that seems like a reasonable starting point. It is on the wiki and in the beta setup (setup112.exe).

By: Bernhard

Bernhard — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:04:02 +0000

Very nice tool. Something I will use quite often.

There seems to be a little issue with the text length. If the text in MindManager gets too long the macro runs into an error in the subroutine at that following lines.

If sheet.Columns(colnum).ColumnWidth sheet.Columns(colnum).ColumnWidth=Len(t.Text)
End If

I guess the issue is that Len(t.Text) is longer than the allowable column with in Excel. Not sure how to fix it but though.