I have imported an excel file using workflow and am editing the script to be more general. Within the import settings under Column names starts is a specific number but instead I want it to be when a specific condition is met (e.g. when row 5 column 2 says START with start being the column name).
Any help in the right direction is very appreciated.
The snippet of code is below with the important function in bold:
Import Settings(
End Of Line( CRLF, CR, LF ),
End Of Field( Comma, CSV( 0 ) ),
Strip Quotes( 1 ),
Use Apostrophe as Quotation Mark( 0 ),
Use Regional Settings( 0 ),
Scan Whole File( 1 ),
Treat empty columns as numeric( 0 ),
CompressNumericColumns( 0 ),
CompressCharacterColumns( 0 ),
CompressAllowListCheck( 0 ),
Labels( 1 ),
Column Names Start( 263 ),
First Named Column( 1 ),
Data Starts( 264 ),
Lines To Read( "All" ),
Year Rule( "20xx" )
)
Here is some pseudo code that might give you a leg up on a possible methodology to use
dt = Open(<EXCEL file="">);
// Get the first row where the second column has the word START
headerRow = dt << get rows where( contains( as column(2), "START" )[1];
dataRow = headerRow + 1;
// Close the data table
close(dt, nosave);
// Substitute into the full Excel Import Settings the the header row number and
// the data row number and run the code
Eval(
Substitute(
Expr(
dt = Open(.........
Column Names Start( _H_ ),
First Named Column( 1 ),
Data Starts( _S_ ),
......................);
),
expr( _H_ ), headerRow,
expr( _S_ ), dataRow
)
);</EXCEL>
It might be easier to import the whole file and perform the data cleanup in JMP after the import (of course depending on your data).
