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Importing TXT delimited by comma with quotes & commas in data

MasoB
6 - Meteoroid

UPDATE: Please see my updated example below

Hi,

 

I am trying to create a workflow to prep data. My data looks like this and does not contain field names:

 

Screenshot 2025-02-28 093544.png

 

 

I typically input into Access and then fix each error manually. Is there any way to buid a workflow that can process this data? The quotations and commas are causing issues.

 

Thank you in advance.

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Luke_C
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @MasoB 

 

I input this as a text file and it seems to process correctly, see below. You can then use a data cleanse to remove trailing spaces and select tool to rename columns. 

 

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MasoB
6 - Meteoroid

Sorry, my example was a bad representation. I guess the issue only happens when the data ends or starts with a ".  I will make a corrected post.

MasoB
6 - Meteoroid

Screenshot 2025-02-28 100655.png

 

See corrected example. This is what happens when I run it through delimited with , :

Screenshot 2025-02-28 100902.png

 

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