Opening a CSV from the Files app (can't set it to Sheets)

[dennis_phillips]

In the Chrome version of Drive, we can have a CSV file "open with" Sheets, but in the Files app on a Chromebook it is not an option and I can't figure out a way to get it there. For now, users are moving the file from the download area of the Files app into Drive.  It's a fine workaround, but not ideal.  Anyone know a trick?  Thanks

[NielsBrockmeier]

We also had this issue, for us it seems to work now though.

When you double-click the file in the Files app it opens the "Basic Editor for office files" which then requires 2 clicks to open it in Sheets. Yes, it doesn't open in Sheet immediately but it's much better than manually uploading or importing the *.csv.

[Kim_Nilsson]

I would know the answer to this question, if the device was a Windows device. 🙂

So, I'm going to post that, even though i know it's not the answer you seek, but it might still be interesting for others to learn that it exists.

You could use gamUploader, a compilable python script I created for Windows.

You associate csv with gamUploader and when you double-click a csv file, it will upload the file to your Drive and open it in the appropriate app in Chrome.

https://github.com/NoSubstitute/gamUploader

Since it is pure python, it can probably be compiled for other platforms than Windows, but I haven't tried. Nor have I tried using it as pure python.

[YERKO]

Saludos

Si el archivo ya lo tiene en drive y puede abrirlo con "hoja de calculos" de google, desde ahí, ir a la opcion y guardar como o exportar como, buscando la mejor versión para abrir desde su computadora.

Éxito!