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Issue with input data where column headers change

athina
7 - Meteor

Hiya! I'm building a workflow in order to read in multiple iterations of input files and running into a problem as my column headers change from one input to the other. I've tried Dynamic Rename but I'm maybe using it wrong as it's still failing - the workflow runs fine once, but then when I try to re-run it for a different file, Dynamic Rename fails as the header has now changed name. Hard to describe but imagine that my column changes from "Top-10" to "Top-5" to "Overall" etc - there is no clear pattern. Is there a way where I can use [FieldNumber] in Dynamic Rename and tell it to always rename column 2 to a consistent name?

 

Hope this makes sense...

 

Any hints greatly appreciated!

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ChrisTX
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

Check out this knowledge base article:

 

Community > Designer > Designer Knowledge > The Ultimate Input Data Flowchart
https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Knowledge-Base/The-Ultimate-Input-Data-Flowchart/t...

 

athina
7 - Meteor

Oh I think I've solved it! Although it's a workaround...

 

Configured my Input tool as per below - 

 

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