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

jessle
アステロイド

Glad to have this one out the way!

Thanks to @OllieClarke for the help, and @NicoleJohnson's solution, which helped me create the super-condensed Version 2 (and taught me a neat little trick about the Dynamic Rename: if the multiple Excel files you're reading in have a single sheet with different names, the Dynamic Rename will still read them all in.)

JethroChen
ファイアボール
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AkimasaKajitani
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

My solution.

 

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I recommend batch macro to read the files that have different scheme. 
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Macro is 2 step.
Step 1 is to read sheet names.
Step 2 is to read Contents of file by Sheet Names.
Step1

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Step 2

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JP_SDAK
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My solution seems to be similar to most others.  I used a directory tool to get list of filenames with wildcard file?.xlsx then passed those to a  batch macro which reads in filename+sheetname and returns all spreadsheet data including filename, sheetname appended at the end.

 

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rcarog
アステロイド

Solution attached.

mpennington
ボリード

Attached.

 

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kelsey_kincaid
12 - Quasar
12 - Quasar

A good refresher in Batch Macros!

 

Workflow:

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Macro:

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apathetichell
アルクトゥルス

complete with typo in the filename....

Sashikumar
アステロイド

My Solution.

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phottovy
13 - Pulsar
13 - Pulsar

Gotta love spreadsheet without actual column names. Not confusing at all!