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Importing first/last row and last column from excel file.

wonka1234
10 - Fireball

Hi all,

 

How can I dynamically select the cells between Series and before Total  (A9:A89) ? 

 

Also how can I select last column? Ie A9 : LastColumn89? which would be A9 : Y89

 

 

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oly
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Hi @wonka1234 ,

always couple ways to do it, see example attached. If you need to keep the Series row modify and remove row-1 in the first part of the formula and later use dynamic rename to set column names correctly.

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wonka1234
10 - Fireball

@oly 

 

Getting a parse error at char (4)  Unknown variable "Row-1:   1*   "

oly
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

You will need to replace my column names like 1*  with your columns - presumably A, B, C. See what columns you see as in the configuration of the Multi Row tool after you import your data file.

wonka1234
10 - Fireball

@oly 

 

you mean something like this ? or do all my columns have go in in here?

 

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oly
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

You are correct, just the "SERIES" column should work! Make sure it's exact spelling and you can double click on your column by expanding Row-1 in "Variables" options and others. Currently I believe it's just a variable spelling typo that the tool doesn't like. Also, make sure there's no iddle spaces in the variable name. Again, easiest way it to double click on your columns.

wonka1234
10 - Fireball

@oly 

 

Still have some issues here, getting all 0's in my select column!

 

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