Open data source and output contents of a named field

Open a data source, create a view for it and then output to the JavaScript console the contents of a named field.

To install this script, navigate to the Adobe InDesign Application Directory and paste the script file into the following folder ‘Scripts -> Scripts Panel’. The script can then be run from the Scripts panel; this is found in ‘Window -> Utilities -> Scripts’.

var datasourceName = "ENTER NAME OF THE DATA SOURCE HERE";
var fieldToReturn = "ENTER THE NAME OF THE FIELD YOU WISH TO RETURN";

var myEasyCatalog = app.easycatalogObject;

var myDS = app.easycatalogObject.datasources.item(datasourceName);
var myDV = myDS.dataviews.add();

$.writeln(myDV.records.count());

for (i = 0; i < myDV.records.count();++i)
{
    $.writeln (myDV.records.item(i).fields.item(fieldToReturn).fieldContent);
}
myDV.closeDataView()

var datasourceName = "ENTER NAME OF THE DATA SOURCE HERE";

var fieldToReturn = "ENTER THE NAME OF THE FIELD YOU WISH TO RETURN";

var myEasyCatalog = app.easycatalogObject;

var myDS = app.easycatalogObject.datasources.item(datasourceName);

var myDV = myDS.dataviews.add();

$.writeln(myDV.records.count());

for (i = 0; i < myDV.records.count();++i)

{

$.writeln (myDV.records.item(i).fields.item(fieldToReturn).fieldContent);

}

myDV.closeDataView()

Open data source and output contents of a named field

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