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Datatool : expansion I am missing

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**What I trying to get**

I am willing to centralize information for my chapters in an xls (csv).
![image.png](/image?hash=5ccad04c72fa515fd84a1822aa1393451f36bb6c109781fc9ea6ce5bb9ed1ac5)

**What is my pb ?**

Probably a problem of expansion when I try to include a graphic based on the address stored in my csv.


**Context**

For each chapter (55 of them), I have for instance a mindmap and the final rendering looks like

![image.png](/image?hash=3cbd22f485ff7bc5b7424e5031a6203dbe54d804fe40340d24facf8d8346abc3)

The chapter long title, short title, the address of the mindmap are stored in the csv.

The Orientation Colorbox will be populated by the csv fields

```
\documentclass[landscape]{book}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{
	a4paper,
	%total={170mm,257mm},
	left=5mm,
	right=5mm,
	top=5mm,
	bottom=5mm,
}


\begin{filecontents*}[overwrite]{ChapInfo.csv}
Index,Chap,short,long,image,objectif
1,01,Enjeux en finance de marché ,Enjeux,F:/NewOrga/TikZ/Mindmap/TikZOut/MMFinancialMarkets0.pdf,"\'Etayer les problématiques fréquemment rencontrées sur les marchés financiers. En comprendre les instruments et leurs relations"
2,02,Buy side ,BuySide,F:/NewOrga/TikZ/Mindmap/TikZOut/MMOrgaClients0.pdf,Problématiques des clients
3,03,Sell Side ,SellSide,F:/NewOrga/_chap/chap60/TikZ/TikZOut/BusinessOrgaSdm1.pdf,Problématiques des fournisseurs
\end{filecontents*}


\usepackage{datatool}
\DTLsetseparator{,}

\DTLloadrawdb{mysource}{ChapInfo.csv}
\newcommand{\myfld}[2][]{\DTLfetch{mysource}{Index}{#2}{#1}}  

\begin{document}


\DTLdisplaydb{mysource}

I get to retrieve each field where index = 1

Chap : \myfld[Chap]{1}

short : \myfld[short]{1}

long : \myfld[long]{1}

objectif : \myfld[objectif]{1}

image : \myfld[image]{1}

But when I try :

\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{\myfld[image]{1}}

it feels like the image address is not understood as such...

\end{document}
```

Top Answer

Skillmon

You're right, you can't access the database expandably because neither your definition of `\myfld` nor `\DTLfetch` are expandable.

Instead you can use a two step approach, first getting the value inside a macro which you can then use to include your image:

```
\documentclass[landscape]{book}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{
	a4paper,
	%total={170mm,257mm},
	left=5mm,
	right=5mm,
	top=5mm,
	bottom=5mm,
}


\begin{filecontents*}[overwrite]{ChapInfo.csv}
Index,Chap,short,long,image,objectif
1,01,Enjeux en finance de marché ,Enjeux,example-image-a,"\'Etayer les problématiques fréquemment rencontrées sur les marchés financiers. En comprendre les instruments et leurs relations"
2,02,Buy side ,BuySide,example-image-b,Problématiques des clients
3,03,Sell Side ,SellSide,example-image-c,Problématiques des fournisseurs
\end{filecontents*}


\usepackage{datatool}
\DTLsetseparator{,}

\DTLloadrawdb{mysource}{ChapInfo.csv}
\newcommand{\myfld}[2][]{\DTLfetch{mysource}{Index}{#2}{#1}}  
\newcommand\myimg[2][]
  {%
    \DTLgetvalueforkey\myimgTMP{image}{mysource}{Index}{#2}%
    \includegraphics[{#1}]{\myimgTMP}%
  }

\begin{document}


\noindent
\DTLdisplaydb{mysource}

I get to retrieve each field where index = 1

Chap : \myfld[Chap]{1}

short : \myfld[short]{1}

long : \myfld[long]{1}

objectif : \myfld[objectif]{1}

image : \myfld[image]{1}

But when I try :

\noindent
\myimg[width=\textwidth]{1}

it feels like the image address is not understood as such...

\end{document}
```

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