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Downloading FX Rates Data

Deano478
12 - Quasar

Hi all,

 

I have been given a new task to download FX Rates From the Following website every 2 months:

 

https://www.centralbank.ie/statistics/interest-rates-exchange-rates/exchange-rates 

 

You'll see there is multiple files listed however I only need the first file which is: 

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but when I try and download the data in just looks like this in the downloaded data column am I doing something wrong or missing something?

 

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cheers for any help in advance

 

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PhilipMannering
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

I think this is because you're not downloading data, you're downloading a file (which is a blob). If you're just downloading the file you can select to download it "To a File". See the attached workflow that downloads the xls file to your Downloads folder.

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Deano478
12 - Quasar

@PhilipMannering That's exactly what I was doing and I was sitting here wondering why😂 many thanks for your help I'm all sorted now

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