I have an analysis which contains hidden one column. While I'm trying to export result to .xlsx file, it works right, and hidden column doesn't print and calculation works fine. But when I'm trying to export it to .csv - either with ';' delimeter or tab-delimeter - hidden column appears.
There is no opportunity to exclude this column from analysis defenition because of field that I need to calculate, that has strong dependence on hidden column. Also I can't keep it in that form and remove column and add calculation by myself because this file after export automatically will be imported to database which has not enough space to make such operation every month till forever. Is there any way not to print hidden column and save prepared calculation while exporting to CSV?
No. CSV exports exactly what's in the analysis. That's its point and task. You can always clone your analysis, prepare the columns as you need and then just expose it as a download link.
CSV = exact, pure raw data as it's in the analysis construction
Excel = formatted based on what's rendered visually
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How to read an excel sheet and put the cell value within different text fields through UiPath?
I have a excel sheet as follows:
I have read the excel contents and to iterate over the contents later I have stored the contents in a Output Data Table as follows:
Read Range - Output:
DataTable: CVdatatable
Output Data Table
DataTable: CVdatatable
Text: opCVdatatable
Screenshot:
Finally, I want to read the text opCVdatatable in a iteration and write them into text fields. So in the desired Input fileds I mentioned opCVdatatable or opCVdatatable+ "[k(enter)]" as required.
Screenshot:
But UiPath seems to start from the begining of the Output Data Table whenever I called for opCVdatatable.
Inshort, each desired Input fileds are iteratively getting filled up by all the data with the data stored in the Output Data Table.
Can someone help me out please?
My first recommendation is to use Workbook: Read range activity to read data from Excel because it is quicker, works in the background, and does not require excel to be installed on the system.
Start your sequence like this (note the add headers property is not checked):
You do not need to use Output Data Table because this activity outputs a string containing all row items. What you want to do instead is to access the items in the data table and output each one as a string in your type into, e.g., CVDatatable.Rows(0).Item(0).ToString, like so:
You mention you want to read the text opCVdatatable in an iteration and write them into text fields. This is a little bit more complex, but i'll give you an example. You can use a For Each Row activity and loop through each row in CVDatatable, setting the index property if required. See below:
The challenge is to get the selector correct here and make it dynamic, so that it targets a different text field per iteration. The selector for the type into activity will depend on the system you are targeting, but here is an example:
And the selector for this:
Also, here is a working XAML file for you to test.
Hope this helps.
Chris
Here's a different, more general approach. Instead of including the target in the process itself, the Excel would be modified to include parts of a selector:
Note that column B now contains an identifier, and this ID depends on the application you will be working with. For example, here's my sample app looks like. As you can see, the first text box has an id of 585, the second one is 586, and so on (note that you can work with any kind of identifier including the control's name if exposed to UiPath):
Now, instead of adding multiple Type Into elements to your workflow, you would add just a single one, loop over each of the datatable's row, and then create a dynamic selector:
In my case the selector for the Type Into activity looks as follows:
"<wnd cls='#32770' title='General' /><wnd ctrlid='" + row(1).ToString() + "' />"
This will allow you to maintain the process from the Excel sheet alone - if there's a new field that needs to be mapped, just add it to your sheet. No changes to the Workflow are required.
I have a large dataset where I do data validation using a syntax. For each validation a variable is created and set to 1 if there is a problem with data I need to check out.
For each validation I then create a subset of the data holding only the relevant variables for the relevant cases. Still using the syntax I save these data files in excel in order to do the checks and correct the data (in a database).
Problem is that not all of my 50+ validations detect any problematic data every time I run the check, but 50+ files are saved because I save a file for each validation. I'd like to save the files only if there is data in them.
Current syntax for saving the files is:
DATASET ACTIVATE DataSet1.
DATASET COPY error1.
DATASET ACTIVATE error1.
FILTER OFF.
USE ALL.
SELECT IF (var_error1 = 1).
EXECUTE.
SAVE TRANSLATE OUTFILE='path + '_error1.xlsx'
/TYPE=XLS
/VERSION=12
/MAP
/REPLACE
/FIELDNAMES
/CELLS=VALUES
/KEEP=var1 var2 var3 var4.
This is repeated for each validation. If no case violates the validation for "error1" I will still get an output file (which is empty).
Any way to alter the syntax to only save the data if there are in fact cases that violate the validation?
The following syntax will write a new syntax that will contain the command to save the file to excel - only if there are actual cases in the file. You will run the new syntax every time, but the excel will be created only in relevant cases :
DATASET ACTIVATE DataSet1.
DATASET COPY error1.
DATASET ACTIVATE error1.
FILTER OFF.
USE ALL.
SELECT IF (var_error1 = 1).
EXECUTE.
do if $casenum=1.
write outfile='path\tmp\run error1.sps' /"SAVE TRANSLATE OUTFILE='path\var_error1.xlsx'"
/" /TYPE=XLS /VERSION=12 /MAP /REPLACE /FIELDNAMES /CELLS=VALUES /KEEP=var1 var2 var3 var4.".
end if.
exe.
insert file='path\tmp\run error1.sps'.
Please edit the "path" according to your needs.
Note that the new syntax will be written in all cases, but when there is no data in the file, the syntax will be empty, and so the empty file won't be written to excel.
I have an SSRS report name revenue. When i run the report, I get the desired result as per my development with row group. Problem is when I export this report data in excel, I get extra line added at each child row group which has garbage value.
Any suggestion will be really helpful.
Try exporting to CSV. This will remove the formatting and should provide a cleaner export to Excel.
I'm trying to build a star schema in Oracle 12c. In my case my data source is not a relational database but a single excel/csv file which is populated via a google form, which means I don't have any sort of reference from a source system such as auto incremental keys/ids. Now what would be the best approach to build a star schema given this condition?
File row sample:
<submitted timestamp>,<submitted by user>,<region>,<country>,<branch>,<branch location>,<branch area>,<branch type>,<branch name>,<branch private? yes/no value>,<the following would be all "fact" values (measurements),...,...,...
In case i wanted to build a "branch" dimension, how would I handle updates/inserts after the first load into the dimension table?
Thought solution so far:
I had thought of making a concatenated string "key" with the branch values, which would make it unique (underscore would be the "glue" to concatenate the values), eg:
<region>_<country>_<branch>_<branch location> as branch_key
I would insert all the distinct branches into a staging table, including they branch_key column for each one of them, then when trying to load into the dimension I could compare which key does not exists yet in my dimension table and then insert it. As for updates, I'm a bit stuck on how to handle that, I had thought of having another file mapping which branches are active having a expiration date column. Basically trying to simulate what I could do having the data in a database instead of CSV files.
This is all I can think of so far, do you have any other recommendations/ideas on how to implement this? Take on consideration that the data source cannot as in I have to read these csv files, since data is not stored anywhere else.
Thank you.
I have installed and made some successful product imports in to Magento using Magmi, but as soon as I try to import any data where the spreedsheet columns have commas [,] Magmi will not perform the import.
For example when I save the data in this speadsheet as a CSV file Magmi successfully imports the data;
http://i.imgur.com/PpDt0PS.png
However, Magmi refuses to import the data in the table below, where you can see in column F I have added data that include 'commas'.
http://i.imgur.com/MtGJPCw.png
Can anyone advise. I am using an Apple Mac with OpenOffice to prepare and save my data.
Is the data not importing entirely, or is just the visibility column not being set?
Visibility is a Magento core attribute which Magmi can set by using exact numerical option id value.
Generally, the option values you want to use for the visibility field are as follows:
Not Visible Individually = 1
Catalog = 2
Search = 3
Catalog, Search = 4
So in your case, if you want to set these products to Catalog, Search, you can set the visibility column value to 4.
To double-check that the above mapping is correct for your instance of Magento, the easiest way is as follows:
Go edit any product
Look for the Visibility drop down field, and right click > inspect element
In the developer tools, take note the values associated to each label.
Below an example of the process and what to look for.
Axel is correct, you should set the data to the numerical value 4.
But I do also recommend you explore a better way to export CSV content from Open Office. You may have to start a new document because I find I only see the dialogue below once and then I never see it again. Create a new document, paste your data into it. Choose save-as, select CSV, and save it. Eventually you should see the dialogue below. Change the encoding to UTF 8, the text delimiter to " and tick the 'Quote all text cells' box.
Then you should be able to have any cells with commas or other things in them. Always ensure you CSV files are quoted. "like","this","so you, can","have commas, in them". It is worth inspecting your CSV file in a text editor to see the format is as expected before uploading it to MAGMI.