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Challenge #53: Parsing Report Formatted Data

OllieClarke
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

This one was god fun :)

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justynam
8 - Asteroid

Yes, this one was  good fun:-)

My solution without macros

Gauthier_B
8 - Asteroid

Went for the batch macro

 

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JoBen
11 - Bolide

Cheers!

MarMu
8 - Asteroid

 

Didn't use any macros, just a plain workflow.

Used a RecordID and a Multi-Row formula tool to identify rows and columns respectively and a Dynamic Rename to fix headers. Pretty straight forward.

I was caught a bit by surprise by the cleaning steps. So I added a RegEx for replacing empty with N/A. The Crosstab-tool leaves Empty for "missing" record items, so I added a Multi-Field formula for replacing Empty with Null. I actually think that this is the first time I have found a use case for that tool. Kodos.

 

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Laurap1228
11 - Bolide

I probably could have done this in fewer tools.

 

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Walsh67
8 - Asteroid
 
pasccout
8 - Asteroid

Here is my solution... should work up to 500 fields

danrh
13 - Pulsar
 
kbwissi
8 - Asteroid

Slightly different solution.