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Data validation

vijaylnyadav
8 - Asteroid
‎12-09-2020 07:05 AM

Hi All,

 

Consider the following sample data,

 

Full Path Directory File Name
C:\xxxxxxxx xxxxx Maths Syllabus.dat
C:\xxxxxxxx xxxxx English 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?

I am facing a issue with my 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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MichalM
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)
‎12-09-2020 07:24 AM

@vijaylnyadav 

 

@JoeS has built an "Extra Dynamic Dynamic Input" macro that will help dynamically read in files of different types. You can find it here

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Discussions/Input-Batch-Macro-AKA-the-Extra-Dynami...

 

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