Import "File Name"
Hi everyone,
Quick question. I have written a basic scrit that imports all the columns from a .csv file into a SQL table however I wish to add an additional column that would contain the file name for each row. The reason? I'm importing a transaction file in my db however
the date of the transactions is not contained in the .csv columns but the file name.
Can someone help?
Cheers,
Hi,
Please show us what have you done, and we could help you in the next step :-)
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Hi,
The script I use now to import my data is the following:
INSERT INTO [dbo].[table] SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET ('Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0', 'Excel 12.0;Database=\\NAS\Volume_1\Data\data.xlsx',
'select * from [Sheet1$]')
Basically, I import excel files however I would like to import csv files and add an extra field name
with the file name.
Thank you
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There are two templates built into the template file for the north and south file that are toggled easily via layer visibility switches. I need to get a code that can ideally read the #s from the imported Trugly file as well as the Client and input those into variables to use when exporting. The date range is found in the same place in the top right of each pdf file. I am not sure if this can be read somehow or if it will have to be input manually. I can put North or South into the file name based on which template layer is visible.
I am not sure how to go about doing this. I did find the following code for exporting to PDF with preset but it requires me to select a preset and then type the full file name. How can I set it to automatically use the “Smallest File Size” preset without prompting me to choose and then automatically input some or preferably all of the file name automatically? (If the entire filename is possible then I don’t even want a prompt to appear so it will be fully automated!)
PDF Export Code (Originally from here: Simple PDF Export with Preset selection | IndiSnip [InDesign® Snippets]):
var myPresets = app.pdfExportPresets.everyItem().name;
myPresets.unshift("- Select Preset -");
var myWin = new Window('dialog', 'PDF Export Presets');
myWin.orientation = 'row';
with(myWin){
myWin.sText = add('statictext', undefined, 'Select PDF Export preset:');
myWin.myPDFExport = add('dropdownlist',undefined,undefined,{items:myPresets});
myWin.myPDFExport.selection = 0;
myWin.btnOK = add('button', undefined, 'OK');
myWin.center();
var myWindow = myWin.show();
if(myWindow == true && myWin.myPDFExport.selection.index != 0){
var myPreset = app.pdfExportPresets.item(String(myWin.myPDFExport.selection));
myFile = File(File.saveDialog("Save file with preset: " + myPreset.name,"PDF files: *.pdf"));
if(myFile != null){
app.activeDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, myFile, false, myPreset);
}else{
alert("No File selected");
}else{
alert("No PDF Preset selected");
So far my code does the following:
1) Runs the Multi-Page PDF Import Script
2) Runs PDF Export Script Above
3) Toggles the Template
4) Runs #2 Again
5) Deletes the imported PDF and all pages and toggles template again.
It’s close and much better than the original process which was almost 100% manual but I’d like to remove the Preset prompt from the PDF script and have it automatically select the “Smallest File Size” preset. and then if there’s a way to have it auto-fill in the file name so no user input is required at all other than selecting each file to import. (If there’s a way to setup a batch action for the multi-import script that would be even better!)
Thanks in advance and if there’s anything else I can provide that would help please let me know! Even a nudge in the right direction will be a big help!If you hold down the option key, it will typically show the location. Or you can often hit option-return on the file and it will reveal the file in the Finder, instead of opening it.
Final option is to open it, and just option-click the filename in the toolbar of Preview and it should show you the location.
It's probably an attachment to an email you've received. If you have Mail set to cache emails and their attachments it'll be stashed in a subdirectory of ~/Library/Mail. Which is fine. -
Import From Folder: How to Extract the File Name in a Custom Column.
Hello All
Here´s what we´re trying to do:
We have a folder with csv files named like this:
Sales_2013-02-05.csv
Sales_2013-02-04.csv
Sales_2013-02-03.csv
Sales_2013-02-02.csv
Sales_2013-02-01.csv
And in the csv files there are the sales columns but not the date column.
So we want to extract the date from the file name.
I´ve tried entering = Source[Name] in a custom column, but it adds a "LIST" link, and on a click on expand, it adds ALL file names from the folder in each row, instead of just the needed one.
If we could get the proper file name in each row (from where they got extracted), we could split the column and get the date from there. But I don´t know how put the filename there properly.
Can you help?This isn't entirely straightforward, but it's definitely possible. What you need to do is to apply all of your transforms to each individual file instead of the combined files. I do that as follows:
1) Use Folder.Files as generated by the GUI to look at the list of my files.
2) Pick one file and do all the transformations to it that I want to apply to all of the files. Sometimes, this just amounts to letting the autodetection figure out the column names and types.
3) Go into the advanced editor and edit my code so that the transformations from step 2 are applied to all files. This involves creating a new function and then applying that function to the content in each row.
4) Expand the tables created in step 3.
As an example, I have some files with names that match the ones you suggested. After steps 1 + 2, my query looks like the following:
let
Source = Folder.Files("d:\testdata\files"),
#"d:\testdata\files\_Sales_2013-02-01 csv" = Source{[#"Folder Path"="d:\testdata\files\",Name="Sales_2013-02-01.csv"]}[Content],
#"Imported CSV" = Csv.Document(#"d:\testdata\files\_Sales_2013-02-01 csv",null,",",null,1252),
#"First Row as Header" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Imported CSV"),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"First Row as Header",{{"One", Int64.Type}, {"Two", type text}, {"Three", type text}})
in
#"Changed Type"
For step 3, I need to take steps 3-5 of my query and convert them into a function. As a check, I can apply that function to the same file that I chose in step 2. The result looks like this:
let
Source = Folder.Files("d:\testdata\files"),
Loader = (file) =>
let
#"Imported CSV" = Csv.Document(file,null,",",null,1252),
#"First Row as Header" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Imported CSV"),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"First Row as Header",{{"One", Int64.Type}, {"Two", type text}, {"Three", type text}})
in
#"Changed Type",
#"d:\testdata\files\_Sales_2013-02-01 csv" = Source{[#"Folder Path"="d:\testdata\files\",Name="Sales_2013-02-01.csv"]}[Content],
Loaded = Loader(#"d:\testdata\files\_Sales_2013-02-01 csv")
in
Loaded
Now I apply the same function to all of the rows, transforming the existing "Content" column into a new value:
let
Source = Folder.Files("d:\testdata\files"),
Loader = (file) =>
let
#"Imported CSV" = Csv.Document(file,null,",",null,1252),
#"First Row as Header" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Imported CSV"),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"First Row as Header",{{"One", Int64.Type}, {"Two", type text}, {"Three", type text}})
in
#"Changed Type",
Transformed = Table.TransformColumns(Source, {"Content", Loader})
in
Transformed
Finally, I need to expand out the columns in the table, which I can do by clicking on the expand icon next to the Content column header. The resulting query looks like this:
let
Source = Folder.Files("d:\testdata\files"),
Loader = (file) =>
let
#"Imported CSV" = Csv.Document(file,null,",",null,1252),
#"First Row as Header" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Imported CSV"),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"First Row as Header",{{"One", Int64.Type}, {"Two", type text}, {"Three", type text}})
in
#"Changed Type",
Transformed = Table.TransformColumns(Source, {"Content", Loader}),
#"Expand Content" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(Transformed, "Content", {"One", "Two", "Three"}, {"Content.One", "Content.Two", "Content.Three"})
in
#"Expand Content"
From here, you should be able to get to what you want. -
Identifying text file names and importing on single Excel sheet
Hey!
Does anybody can help me with Excel VBA macro code in order to import data from text files into single Excel spread sheet? I want to create User Form where user can select start and end date of interest and macro code will import
bunch of text files depending on user demands...
My text files are named: 20130619004948DataLog.txt (meaning: yyyy mm dd hh mm ss). Text file contains recordings for each 15 seconds... It would be great to omit time tail (meaning that user can only specify date). Text files for one day of interest (I have
text files covering whole year):
20130619004948DataLog.txt
20130619014948DataLog.txt
20130619024948DataLog.txt
20130619034948DataLog.txt
20130619044948DataLog.txt
20130619054948DataLog.txt
20130619064948DataLog.txt
20130619074948DataLog.txt
20130619084948DataLog.txt
20130619094948DataLog.txt
20130619104948DataLog.txt
20130619114948DataLog.txt
20130619124948DataLog.txt
20130619134948DataLog.txt
20130619144948DataLog.txt
20130619154948DataLog.txt
20130619164948DataLog.txt
20130619174948DataLog.txt
20130619184948DataLog.txt
20130619194948DataLog.txt
20130619204948DataLog.txt
20130619214948DataLog.txt
20130619224948DataLog.txt
20130619234948DataLog.txt
Option Explicit
Sub SearchFiles()
Dim file As Variant
Dim x As Integer
Dim myWB As Workbook
Dim WB As Workbook
Dim newWS As Worksheet
Dim L As Long, t As Long, i As Long
Dim StartDateL As String
Dim EndDateL As String
Dim bool As Boolean
bool = False ' to check if other versions are present
StartDateL = Format(Calendar1, "yyyymmdd")
EndDateL = Format(Calendar2, "yyyymmdd")
' I am using Userform asking user to select the date and time range of interet,
' However, I want to use only the date to filter the files having the name with that particular date
file = Dir("c:\myfolder\") ' folder with all text files
' I need assistance with the following part:
'1) How to filter and select the files between StartDateL and EndDateL_
'(including files with that dates as well)?
While (file <> "")
If InStr(file, StartDateL) > 0 Then 'Not sure if the statements inside parenthesis is correct
bool = True
GoTo Line1:
End If
file = Dir
Wend
Line1:
If Not bool Then
file = "c:\myfolder\20130115033100DataLog.txt" 'Just for a test that the code works as intended
End If
'This part for the selected text files to be loaded on a single Excel Sheet.
Set myWB = ThisWorkbook
Set newWS = Sheets(1)
L = myWB.Sheets(1).Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
t = 1
For x = 1 To UBound(file)
Workbooks.OpenText Filename:=file(x), DataType:=xlDelimited, Tab:=True, Semicolon:=True, Space:=False, Comma:=False
Set WB = ActiveWorkbook
WB.Sheets(1).UsedRange.Copy newWS.Cells(t, 2)
t = myWB.Sheets(1).Cells(Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp).Row + 1
WB.Close False
Next
myWB.Sheets(1).Columns(1).Delete
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Rows("1:1").Insert Shift:=xlDown, CopyOrigin:=xlFormatFromLeftOrAbove
End Sub- Make a new Excel file
- Open the VBA editor
- Add a Userform
- Place 2 text boxes and 1 command button on that form
- Paste all code below into the code module of the form
- Download this file:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/35239054/FileSearch.cls
- In the VBA editor press CTRL-M and import that file
- Save the Excel file in the directory that contain your text files
- Run the form
You can format the columns of the sheet as you like, e.g. column E:H should be a number with 5 decimal places. The top row can contain some headings. My code did not affect the formatting or the headings.
Andreas.
Option Explicit
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
'Just a sample
Me.TextBox1.Value = FormatDateTime(Now, vbGeneralDate)
Me.TextBox2.Value = FormatDateTime(Now, vbShortDate)
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim StartDate As Date, EndDate As Date
Dim FS As New FileSearch
Dim R As Range
Dim ThisFile As Variant
Dim ThisDate As Date
Dim Data As Variant
Dim Count As Long
'Be sure we have 2 dates
If Not IsDate(Me.TextBox1.Value) Then
Me.TextBox1.SetFocus
MsgBox "No start date"
Exit Sub
End If
If Not IsDate(Me.TextBox2.Value) Then
Me.TextBox2.SetFocus
MsgBox "No end date"
Exit Sub
End If
'Convert to real dates
StartDate = CDate(Me.TextBox1.Value)
EndDate = CDate(Me.TextBox2.Value)
'Time part given?
If Fix(EndDate) = EndDate Then
'No include all files for this day
EndDate = EndDate + TimeSerial(23, 59, 59)
End If
'Correct order?
If StartDate > EndDate Then
ThisDate = EndDate
EndDate = StartDate
StartDate = ThisDate
End If
With FS
'Same path as our file
.LookIn = ThisWorkbook.Path
.FileName = "*DataLog.txt"
'Search all files sort by file name
If .Execute(msoSortByFileName, msoSortOrderAscending) = 0 Then
MsgBox "No data files found in " & .LookIn
Exit Sub
End If
'Clear previous data
Set R = Range("A2").CurrentRegion
If R.Row < 2 Then Set R = R.Offset(1)
R.ClearContents
'Show the user that we are working
Application.Cursor = xlWait
DoEvents
For Each ThisFile In .FoundFiles
'Get the date from the file name
ThisDate = Filename2Date(ThisFile)
'Between our dates?
If (ThisDate >= StartDate) And (ThisDate <= EndDate) Then
'Import at the end of the data
Set R = Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Offset(1)
Data = ReadCSV(ThisFile)
R.Resize(UBound(Data) + 1, UBound(Data, 2) + 1) = Data
Count = Count + 1
End If
Next
End With
'Done
Application.Cursor = xlDefault
If Count = 0 Then
MsgBox "No files match your dates"
Else
MsgBox Count & " files imported"
'Hide the form
Me.Hide
End If
End Sub
Private Function Filename2Date(ByVal Fullname As String) As Date
'Convert e.g "C:\20130601142648DataLog.txt" to the date "01.06.2013 14:26:48"
Dim i As Long, j As Long
i = InStrRev(Fullname, "\")
If i > 0 Then Fullname = Mid(Fullname, i + 1)
Fullname = JustNumbers(Fullname)
If Len(Fullname) <> 14 Then Exit Function
Filename2Date = _
DateSerial(Mid(Fullname, 1, 4), Mid(Fullname, 5, 2), Mid(Fullname, 7, 2)) + _
TimeSerial(Mid(Fullname, 9, 2), Mid(Fullname, 11, 2), Mid(Fullname, 13, 2))
End Function
Private Function JustNumbers(ByVal What As String) As String
'Return only numbers from What (by Rick Rothstein)
Dim i As Long, j As Long, Digit As String
For i = 1 To Len(What)
Digit = Mid$(What, i, 1)
If Digit Like "#" Then
j = j + 1
Mid$(What, j, 1) = Digit
End If
Next
JustNumbers = Left$(What, j)
End Function
Private Function ReadCSV(ByVal Fullname As String) As Variant
'Read a CSV file into an array
Const LDelim = vbCrLf 'Line delimiter
Const FDelim = ";" 'Field delimiter
Dim hFile As Integer
Dim Buffer As String
Dim Lines, Line, Data
Dim i As Long, j As Long
'Be sure the file exists
If Dir(Fullname) = "" Then Exit Function
'Open and read all data
hFile = FreeFile
Open Fullname For Binary Access Read As #hFile
Buffer = Space(LOF(hFile))
Get #hFile, , Buffer
Close #hFile
'Split into lines
Lines = Split(Buffer, LDelim)
'Split the first line and prepare the output
'Note: I assume that all lines have the same number of fields
Line = Split(Lines(0), FDelim)
ReDim Data(0 To UBound(Lines), 0 To UBound(Line))
For i = 0 To UBound(Lines)
Line = Split(Lines(i), FDelim)
For j = 0 To UBound(Line)
'Parse the fields
If IsDate(Line(j)) Then
Data(i, j) = CDate(Line(j))
ElseIf IsNumeric(Line(j)) Then
Data(i, j) = CDbl(Line(j))
Else
Data(i, j) = Line(j)
End If
Next
Next
ReadCSV = Data
End Function -
I imported files from an external hard drive to Itunes on a new computer. they imported & play fine, but the ratings & playlists are gone & i am unable to update any info. I found a file name playlist on old drive & imported now most files are missing! Help!
Can you locate the iTunes Library.itl file on the old drive? Ideally you would have simply copied over the entire iTunes folder structure from <User's Music> on the old computer into <User's Music> on the new one to transfer the library will all playlists, ratings, play counts etc. intact.
tt2 -
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I've been given a CD with about 200 MP3s of lectures. They are to be listened to in order, and the file names reflect the order number, like "lecture 1", "lecture 2", etc. However, when I drag them all into iTunes, the names in the iTunes library don't include the file names - they are simply "lecture", which I guess must come from a tag in the MP3 file. So iTunes is ignoring the file name and thus I end up with 200 entries in my iTunes library that can't be ordered properly. How can I get it to use the file name when importing?
MikeIf you have your iTunes preferences set to keep your iTunes Music folder organized, it's possible that even the file names have changed according to the files' tags. In that case, you'll need to (at least temporarily) disable this option and import the files from your CD again.
Once you're sure the files have been successfully added to your iTunes library and the file names kept intact, you can use the Filenames to Song Names script from Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes.
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