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IMPORTING A .DEL FILE TYPE INTO ALTERYX

ikeoneh
6 - Meteoroid

Hey Guys,

This is going to be my first topic here. I have a data which is in .del type. I tried to import it into alteryx but i understand it isnt one of the supported file types. Please how can i import the data as i am also unable to change the file extension too.

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dougperez
12 - Quasar

Try to import as a flat file or a csv, Since DEL files are stored in plain text it should work

atcodedog05
22 - Nova
22 - Nova

Hi @ikeoneh 

 

This is interesting. Can you share me a sample file.

ikeoneh
6 - Meteoroid

Great, this works just fine. I imported it as a delimited file and alteryx selected csv from the configuration pane. Thanks 

jkanzler
6 - Meteoroid

Alteryx does not give me the option to select a .del file while using the input tool. How were you able select the file in the first place?

jkanzler
6 - Meteoroid

select all files (*.*)

jackchoy
7 - Meteor

Agree with all of the above solutions but because this happens to me a lot, I submitted the following as a patch idea for Alteryx.

 

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Ideas/White-List-Create-custom-file-type-import-sp...

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