Recommended Tests

Two items: 
First, I've been seeking a way to extract the results from the online database, so I can run analyses on them.  What I've done so far is highlight the 250 latest results, copy them to the clipboard, and then paste them into Excel.  Some manipulation is then needed to get things usable, but I've put together an XLS macro that does a nice job of cleaning things up and averaging the upload and download results in a pivot table.  Life would be simpler if I had a button on the screen to dump the results to a CSV file, and if the actual speeds were outputted as numeric instead of as strings.  I'm happy to share the Excel macro if anyone has a use for it ... I've attached it here.  The only trick is to highlight the line "Showing .." as well as the actual results, since the macro deletes that "showing" line.  (The attached .doc file refers to a slightly earlier edition of the macro, but shows how to highlight the results.)

Second, I'm wondering if there's a more convenient way to run the tests on a schedule, perhaps as an executable that can be scheduled with the OS scheduler?

I'm fairly new to the community (a couple of months), but it's a great service and a great group of activists.  Looking forward to more good stuff ahead!

Jim
 

Welcome to the forum JimA.Fennessey 
Mostly stopping to say hi.
So is what coknuck posted pretty much what you were looking for?

Thanks, everyone, for the replies, and especially CA3LE for the CSV feature.  It works well, and helps me make better use of the numbers.  I've revised my earlier XLS macro to handle the new CSV files, and am attaching it to this post.     Looking forward to more refinements, especially something that could run the scheduled tests as a service so that they could be automated without logging anyone one.