Alteryx can't read a tab

[yilingchen02]

Hi there,

I used a macro to read multiple files into alteryx. The macro works well on tabs A, B, C. But on tab D, alteryx can't read anything. It just shows column title but no content in the columns. 

The fact that this macro works for other tabs makes me think coding works. I am puzzled what can cause tab D not to be read in correctly. Have you seen formatting issues in excel that would cause the entire tab not be read?

Alteryx flow looks like this

Directory -> Formula([FullPath]+"|||Asset Characteristics") -> Macro

Thanks,

Yiling

[alexnajm]

Maybe there’s an extra space? Can you read in the file with an Input Data tool but instead of reading a specific sheet, can you import the list of sheet names? Perhaps you could even use this list to Append to the file paths of the Directory tool and use the Formula from there!

[binuacs]

@yilingchen02 Are you using a batch macro to read the excel sheets?

[jdminton]

Can you share a screenshot of the Excel tab D? Also, the workflow would be helpful.

[yilingchen02]

correct, batch macro

[yilingchen02]

Screen shots for the spreadsheet (redacted) and workflow is attached. Thanks

[alexnajm]

Not sure we can see the tab names @yilingchen02 

[yilingchen02]

Tab name is 'GHG'

[alexnajm]

So you can confirm you are trying to read in [FullPath]+"|||GHG" ? And there are no extra characters (like spaces) in the tab name?

[yilingchen02]

Thanks. Yes that's correct. Four people filled out the same template. Three templates read in fine the 'GHG' tab. Just one template has the problem. For the problem tab we can still read the column header which makes me think they recognize the tab but somehow can't read in the numbers in that tab. As if the numbers are completely hidden.