eSample Entry (e-SE) is a proprietary application used by many state Drinking Water programs to accept the electronic submission of drinking water lab data. Users can enter the data directly into e-SE or upload the data as XML files. This project is an effort to simplify the generation of XML data files for use in e-SE.
We have created a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet with data validation rules applied and a tool to export the data as a valid file for submission. Because the spreadsheet uses VBA (macros) for some functionality, the user must enable content in the security warning displayed in Excel.
VBA code is exported to separate files using a Git pre-commit hook as described here: How to use Git hooks to version-control your Excel VBA code. To enable, follow these steps:
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Install oletools version 0.53.1 by running the following command:
pip install oletools -
Enable the Git pre-commit hook by running the following command:
git config core.hooksPath .githooks
Alternatively, the VBA files can be exported manually using the export-vba.bat file.