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Challenge #118: Think Like a CSE - A not-so-wild-wildcard input!

jamielaird
14 - Magnetar

Well that wasn't much fun...! But I won't be forgetting about "auto configure by name" any time soon.

 

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JosephSerpis
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Challenger Completed 

DavidP
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

So I finally bit the bullet wrote my first batch macro! One of those things I've always been putting off. As everyone says, writing a macro is actually pretty straight forward, EXCEPT, I couldn't for the life of me figure out why my macro only returns one line of data! After rewriting it countless times I finally consulted the community for help and found out that I have to add a BROWSE tool!!!!

 

As they say, the harder the lesson the better it sticks...

 

For my macro solution I configured the Input tool to return a list of sheet names, which I then used to build a new filepath and fed it to a dynamic input tool.

danilang
19 - Altair
19 - Altair

My solution

 

Getting the proper configuration for the macro was the key

 

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MacroMain

 

 

Dan

kelly_gilbert
13 - Pulsar

 

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1 - It took me a while to remember where to change the output setting for the batch macro (to allow different output schemas)!
2 - TIL that the Dynamic Input tool appears to import the first sheet, if a specific sheet is not provided. So, I could have simplified my macro by just using the dynamic input (without getting the list of sheet names, picking the first, then concatenating that to the file path).

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PhilipMannering
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

My solution uses a batch macro simliar to most peoples..

 

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JoBen
11 - Bolide

Cheers!

 

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I went the batch macro path. Here is what my macro looks like. 

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pasccout
8 - Asteroid

Here is my solution... lost a lot of time fighting with the action tool... 

 

PrivateStorm
8 - Asteroid

My solution to challenge #118 is attached.

jssandom
8 - Asteroid

My 100th challenge!!