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Challenge #53: Parsing Report Formatted Data

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17 - Castor

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Sapna Gupta
aplenos
8 - Asteroid
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acarter881
12 - Quasar

Here's my solution.

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Thomas_Wells_2dot0
8 - Asteroid

Please find attached. I went with a macro that passes through the number of columns found in the starting data, and then updates a Text to Columns tool based on the total. 

 

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BenoitC
Alteryx
Alteryx

Done! 

 

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Benoit Conley

Sales Engineer
Alteryx, Inc.

BenoitC
Alteryx
Alteryx

Didn't notice it had to be dynamic, changed a bit my workflow. I didn't have to use a batch macro

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Benoit Conley

Sales Engineer
Alteryx, Inc.

_Viktoria_
8 - Asteroid

solution: i created a batch makro, but i had to create an input first, becuase alteryx wouldn't recognize the txt file...

Pete_Rodgers
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)
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call me lazy, but i can't see past this solution.  

Why not change the Delimeter to | and start data input to line 2, and you've 90% there...
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Data cleanse takes out the rows of ----'s and a quick formula to standardise ClientID
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note (confession): i may need to look into the definition of dynamic.

Kinga
8 - Asteroid

Hi,

 

I've created dynamic solution without macro :)

 

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ahsanaali
11 - Bolide
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