Field name bug (.xlsb data source)

Alt_JP

Hi,

I have found what I believe to be a bug in the way that Alteryx recognizes field names from an Excel binary file. In the attached file I have added 2 data sources. As you can see they are identical, with the only exception that one Excel file is saved as .xlsx and the other as .xlsb.

For some reason Alteryx renames the field header coming from the .xlsb file, converting the period (.) to a hash (#), so that instead of "Acct. Manager" the field name becomes "Acct# Manager"...

To be fixed in the next release?

Binary Bug.yxzp

JohnGD

Hi @Alt_JP,

Working on .xlsb files in Alteryx requires the Microsoft driver for Access 2010 to be installed.

However, it comes with restrictions : characters such as period (.), an exclamation point (!), an accent grave (`), and brackets ([ ]) can't be used for naming fields.

More details are available under this link : Guidelines for naming fields, controls, and objects

John