Excel
Excel pipeline enables a user to transfer data from Excel file attachments into a user determined data warehouse.
Data Pipelines Details
- Data Pipeline
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Select Excel from the dropdown
- File Name
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Enter an Excel file name.
Setting Parameters
Select the fields that are necessary as per the file or folder .
Parameter | Description | Values |
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Header Column Present |
Required Specify whether Header is present in the sheet. If "No", is selected, the entire range will be treated as data. |
Default Value: Yes |
Header Row |
Required Row number on which headers are present |
Integer Value Default Value: 1 |
Data Row |
Required Row number from which data starts |
Integer Value Default Value: 2 |
Sheet Name |
Required Enter the name of the sheet |
String Value |
Insert Mode |
Required Specifies the manner in which data will get updated in the data warehouse : UPSERT will insert only new records or records with changes, APPEND will insert all fetched data at the end, and REPLACE will drop the existing table and recreate a fresh one on each run. Recommended to use "Upsert" option unless there is a specific requirement. |
Default Value: Replace |
Upsert Key Dependant |
Required (If Upsert is chosen as the Insert Mode Type) Enter the column name based on which data is to be upserted. |
String value |
Attempt Schema Inference |
Required If Yes then value types will be fetched as it is, eg: Float will be fetched as float. If No then everything will be fetched as string irrespective of its type. |
Default Value: No |
Compressed |
Required Choose Yes or No depending on the file compression |
Default Value: No |
Compression Type Dependant |
Required (If Compressed = Yes) Specify the file compression type |
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Footer |
Optional Specify the row number containing the footer, data after this row will not be extracted |
Integer value (eg:10) |
File Encoding |
Required Specify the encoding type of the file which will be used to decode the file |
String value (eg:utf-8) |
Include Source File Name |
Required Set this parameter to 'YES' if you want to include source file name in the data warehouse. Default: 'NO'. |
Default Value: No |
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