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Data Validation

vijaylnyadav
8 - Asteroid

Hi All,

 

Consider the following sample data,

 

Full PathDirectory File Name
C:\xxxxxxxxxxxxxMaths Syllabus.dat
C:\xxxxxxxxxxxxxEnglish Syllabus.xlsx

 

I want to read i.e access several text and excel files from a directory tool means all the files under file name i.e Maths Syllabus, English Syllabus, etc

 

How can i do that? 

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Emil_Kos
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi,

 

I believe the easiest way would be using two inputs tool and the wildcard to import mutliple files.

 

Please watch this movie to understand it better:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y1gFXDkYwA

 

If this was helpful please mark as a solution. 

Laura shows you how to import all the files in a folder into Alteryx using just one tool. Note: This doesn't work for file types that require multiple configuration windows in Alteryx, such as Excel files.
vijaylnyadav
8 - Asteroid

Here i have a different number of columns and different number of data types.

 

Please suggest me alternative solutions so that I can do my assignment

Qiu
21 - Polaris
21 - Polaris

@Emil_Kos 

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Emil_Kos
17 - Castor
17 - Castor
vijaylnyadav
8 - Asteroid

Thanks a lot for your help.

 

Now i need one more favour and that is "I want to save different validated excel files into a file location in a excel format" where i will ask the user to specify the output folder and after that the different excel files are saved according to the file name

vijaylnyadav
8 - Asteroid

I am facing a issue with this worflow and that is if I am using excel file as a input it is showing error and that error is: Error: union_csv (2): Record #9: Tool #1: Error reading "xxxxxxx": Too many fields in record #2.

 

Here, I want to take input as a text file and as a excel file also.

 

Please suggest a solutions.

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