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I need to read multiple excel file form the same directory

dubeysau
5 - Atom

I need to read multiple excel file from the same directory and sheet name is unique for each file - can someone help? 

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alexnajm
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Do they all have one sheet each to read in?

cjaneczko
13 - Pulsar
alexnajm
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

@cjaneczko I agree this will help (one of my favorite articles), but it doesn't directly cover if the files have multiple sheets / differing sheet names!

JosephSerpis
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @dubeysau have a look at this solution from this post. You will need a Batch macro to first find the sheet names then potentially another batch macro to read the data. I say potentially as that second part of reading the data from the sheets in the excel file could be done by a Dynamic Input however the schema would need to be the same. However I typically follow the approach in the solution on that post as the schema can be changed very easily or by accident.

Raj
16 - Nebula

@dubeysau 
please add some more details of the problem faced

till time a batch macro is added to read multiple sheets from multiple file from same directory 
hope this will help.

dubeysau
5 - Atom

Yes, all the excel files has only 1 sheet to read

alexnajm
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Then multiple of the solutions presented could work for you - try them out and let us know what else is needed

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