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I had Input Data Tool do all the parsing work 😀.
(https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/designer/file-types-support/flat--ascii--files.html)
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.flat file
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.flat file
<flatfile version="1">
<file
path="Input.txt"
eoltype="crlf"
trimWhiteSpace="t"
allowShortLines="t"
/>
<fields>
<field name="Account No." type="String" length="10" />
<field name="Name" type="String" length="16" />
<field name="Fake Identity" type="String" length="11" />
<field name="Date" type="Date" length="10" />
<field name="Action" type="String" length="14" />
<field name="Amount" type="Double" length="7" />
</fields>
</flatfile>Graph
hmmm looking at the other answers I probably should have used a dynamic rename, but opted to not bother :P
