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Challenge #188: Difficult, but not im-parse-able

T_Willins
14 - Magnetar
14 - Magnetar

I resolved this from scratch as it was almost a year ago that I first solved this real-life challenge.  Much more efficient workflow now.  I use this as an example of the power of Alteryx.  This used to be a manually copied to Excel process from multiple files that took about 10 hours to complete for over 1500 lines.  Now it is seconds.

 

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pgrug
6 - Meteoroid

Thanks for making the challenge!

benakesh
12 - Quasar
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Initial filter : REGEX_Match([Field_1], '^\|\s{1,2}\d{1,10}\s.*')
Order of data in valid rows :  Start with | , 1 or 2 spaces , 1 to 10 digits, space and anything   
TonyA
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Talk about a real life example! I never would have figured this out from the instructions without seeing the output. This is why when anyone asks for help on the discussion boards we always ask for sample input and sample output.

Sebenius
8 - Asteroid

Regex is a blast as normal. 

 

Big tip for geting some help with that regex: https://regex101.com/

 

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Regex Used:
Vat No:
.*\|(\d{3}\-\d{2}\-\d{5})\|.*
Data:
^\|\s+(\d+)\s+(..)\s+(\d{4}\-\d{2}\-\d{2})\s+(\d{4}\-\d{2}\-\d{2})\s+([\d,-]+)\s+(..)\s+([\d,-]+)\s+\|
Niklas
8 - Asteroid

MC2wS

kat
12 - Quasar

All to familiar with the source of this messy data...

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JoshuaGostick
11 - Bolide

My solution 🙂

 

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JamesFo
8 - Asteroid

Tricky one. Super useful though!

 

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cgoodman3
14 - Magnetar
14 - Magnetar

Alot of Regex!

 

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Chris
Check out my collaboration with fellow ACE Joshua Burkhow at AlterTricks.com