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Limit Number of Columns for Excel Inputs

Status: New Idea Submitted by 17 - Castor on ‎08-03-2025 09:38 PM
2 Comments (2 New)

We have a feature to limit the number of records, and I thought why not have a column limit as well? 

Columns take up a lot of space and processing, the more columns we have the more it slows down. So if we can declare it at the start to import the first 20 columns always, it’ll ensure that any new or unwanted columns in Excel will be avoided. 

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EddyCho
5 - Atom
‎08-06-2025 07:36 PM

Great Idea to improve the processing time!

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EKasminsky
8 - Asteroid
a month ago

You can already choose what columns you want to use in the Input Data tool when pulling in data. Would this really help that much beyond that?

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