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Challenge #180: Thousand File Challenge

caitlynmcintyre
9 - Comet

Finally solved this one after a year or so of sitting in my challenge folder. The trickiest part for me was number precision 

 

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 two file types were outputting multiple fields so i unselected them manually, i'm sure there's a better way to do this

olga_strubbe
11 - Bolide

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Rob-Silk
8 - Asteroid

Solution attached below:

 

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danbostrom
8 - Asteroid

 

 

jdminton
13 - Pulsar
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No comment on how long this took to get exactly right
tammybrown_tds
9 - Comet

I couldn't get this to work, so I gave up.

Bobbyt23
13 - Pulsar

Interesting challenge. Makes you wonder whether the directory tool/Dynamic Input could just do this already?

Yogesh1795
8 - Asteroid

This one was good Challenge.

geoff_zath
Alteryx
Alteryx

Macro:

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Workflow:  

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lwolfie
11 - Bolide

Very useful challenge!