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Filepath automation and Column Separator

AntlRo
8 - Asteroid

Hi Everyone,

 

I'm trying to automate 2 things here:

 

1. I'm trying to create a automated workflow that picks up the latest updated spreadsheet from my teams shared drive. 

 

I have a shared drive that my team adds a new spreadsheet once a week like below : 

 

  • Appleproducts 02-19_2023
  • Appleproducts 02-05_2023
  • Appleproducts 01-28_2023

 

  • I want the workflow to pick up the latest file "Appleproducts 02-19_2023" 

 

 

2. I want the workflow to read 3 out of 7 tabs from the latest spreadsheet "Appleproducts 02-19_2023" that has a product number column(like a unique key) that I can join to our Database.

 

The Column in each tab  is called " Product Number" and some of the rows have multiple values (separated by a comma) as such :

Product number:
Apple-1234
Oranges-579, Prunes-987
Peaches- 789, Mangos-321
 
 

 

output:

Product number:
Apple-1234
Oranges-579
Prunes-987
Peaches- 789
Mangos-321
 

 

 

  • I grab that newly output to pull data from our  db as a join  I believe with those exact values which would give me a bunch of new updates and columns etc...  (example our  database already has that "product number" column with the value " Apple-1234""
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DavidSta
Alteryx
Alteryx

Hi @AntlRo,

 

it would help the community if you can provide some sample data for your case.

 

For step 2: I don't understand how you are selecting the "3 out of 7 tabs".

 

Maybe you can give some more details.

 

Best regards,

David

AntlRo
8 - Asteroid

Solution in previous post 

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