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 | 
|---|---|---|
| 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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