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Input Excel tab containing Formula

Hakimipous
10 - Fireball

Hello!

 

I've come across a bunch of excel files where I need to read only one Tab (called "Output")

 

However the data in  each cells in the tab I need to read the data from are all linked to an another tab in forms of formula looking like this : 

=Alteryx!A2 or =Output!G2 (or again =Calc!N18*1)

 

 

The issue is that when I first input my data into Alteryx, I only have Null vallues

 

Only way to make Alteryx read the real value, is to open the Excel file, then close while saving.

 

Edit : here is a pic of my data 

 

 

Issue is that I have 100 + files so I was wondering if there was any way around it

 

 

Thanks !

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Hakimipous
10 - Fireball
Yes that's exactly what is happening

There is in total 3 sheets.

One called Alteryx, one that contains some fixe data, and one called output, which is the results of some calculus made across the 2 first sheets.

So by replicate the excel macros in Alteryx , do you mean use a formula tool to produce the same result?
derekbelyea
12 - Quasar

 

Yes, that is what I was suggesting.  Replicate the Excel logic in an Alteryx workflow. 

 

Since you have these Excel spreadsheets already you can use them to validate and debug your replacement workflows. 

 

Based on what you have revealed this will likely be the most robust solution and the least work for you (other than you may have to spend some time learning additional functionality in Alteryx - which is not a bad thing.)

KaneG
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Yes, formula tools will definitely be used, but you may also need to use some other tools like summarize to perform any aggregations.

Hakimipous
10 - Fireball
Great, thanks to both lf you!

I now see what are the possible solutions.

When I first encountered that issue my first guess was that excel has to be open to trigger the macro but wasn't 100% sure on how it works.

Cheers!
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