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Reading in multiple rows and separating into individual columns

mkafui
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Hi designer community,

 

I'm totally new to Alteryx but can already see how to leverage it to solve many problems, I just haven't quite figured it out yet. I 

 

I have an excel file that has data in  multiple rows as below:

Screen Shot 2020-01-10 at 11.47.52 PM.png

 

The desired output is something like this:

Screen Shot 2020-01-10 at 11.21.00 PM.png

 

I have tried to use a Regex parse but the results were far from desired. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks!!

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MarqueeCrew
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20 - Arcturus

@mkafui ,

 

Glad to have you here and part of the community.  Please post a BEFORE xlsx of sample data.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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mkafui
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MarqueeCrew
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20 - Arcturus

@mkafui ,

 

Based upon your jpg, here's a solution:

 

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I broke the challenge down to elements that I could simply handle.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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MarqueeCrew
20 - Arcturus
20 - Arcturus

@mkafui ,

 

I made a minor modification after seeing your data (and fixing my name bug).  This version looks workable:

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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mkafui
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Hi there Mark,

 

Your workflow works like a charm!! 

I made a few modifications to parse in some extra rows of data and the output looks solid.

Really appreciate your help. Thank you.

 

Max

 

 

MarqueeCrew
20 - Arcturus
20 - Arcturus

Max,

 

 I'm glad to be of service. Thanks for adding your question. 

cheers,

 

 mark

Alteryx ACE & Top Community Contributor

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