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Increase size limit of data import from csv into Excel
I have a load of data in a csv file that I'm importing into Excel, most of it is fine, but one of my columns contains up to 1000 characters of data. Unfortunately, Excel has taken it upon itself to ...
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Import multiple TXT files to one Excel csv sheet using Text Import Wizard macro?
I need to import data from approximately 30 individual TXT files into one CSV sheet. They are all formatted the same, so the Text Import Wizard should work. However, instead of running the Text Import ...
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How can you make Excel 2007 stop formatting large numbers as scientific notation?
Kind of the inverse of this question.
I frequently download CSVs from outside sources as part of my programming work. I like to examine their data in Excel because, let's face it, Excel is an ideal ...
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How do I get Excel to import a CSV file with commas in some of the content fields?
How do I get Excel to import my CSV file?
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I have a file claiming to be CSV. It contains 10 fields, all of which are surrounded by double quotes (yes, even the dates and numbers.) 2 or 3 of these ...
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I have a CSV file that has 3 column. Need help to format correctly via SQL SSIS Import
I have an CSV file being dropped to a file location once a day. When SSIS picks it up it's failing due to format issue since it has 3 columns and not delimited with 1 column.
Can someone help me ...
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Excel, importing incomplete data to a complete table?
I'm not sure if I'm asking this correctly, but here's my problem.
I'm managing the occupancy of a building, and the website we use lets us generate a report of the occupants by room. This information ...
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Excel: how to import identically formatted CSV files
Apologies if this has been asked and answered before - I have looked but not found.
I get CSV files every two weeks that are identically structured, and I need to import them to the same Excel 2016 ...
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Import from tab delimited text file in Excel - CR character in quote marks is ignored
I have a large TXT file delimited with TAB.
Text is enclosed with quotation marks, but Excel still breaks the values into two rows when a CR character appears within the encapsulated string.
Is there ...
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Excel CSV import treating quoted strings of numbers as numeric values, not strings
I've got a web application that is exporting its data to a CSV file. Here's one example row of the CSV file in question:
28,"65154",02/21/2013 00:00,"false","0316295","8316012,8315844","MALE"
Since ...
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Is it possible to set Excel import preferences
I have to work with data exported from SQL Server as a CSV. The CSV file contains embedded linefeed characters, for example:
Jane Doe, 123 Main Street{LF}Apt B, Anytown, NY, 10010{CR}{LF}
When the ...
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How can I automatically import csv files into SQL Server?
My goal
Automated aggregation of data so that I can use a tool (Microsoft Power BI or equivalent) to automatically update dashboards and or reports with the new data.
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I work with an ...
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Excel 2010 - Get CSV wizard to open by default
I'd like to set Excel 2010 to open the import wizard each time I double click on a CSV file rather than have Excel open the file without the wizard. Previous versions of Excel did this but 2010 ...
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Excel Text Import Wizard Default Delimiter
Within the Text import Wizard, the default delimiter is TAB. Is it possible to permanently modify this default to be a comma?
Don't be tempted to think that this is a duplicate question. Neither this ...
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Import CSV data with units into Excel
I've got a bunch of CSV files that contain values with trailing units. This makes Excel think it's text so I can't sum them in a pivot table.
The data looks something like this:
Date; Text; Amount;
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How to specify semi colon character ';' as a line ending character when importing CSV to Excel on Mac
(Using Microsoft Excel form Mac version 15.18)
Can see delimiters for the columns in the import steps, but no-where is there an option for defining what the line ending character is.
I need this so ...
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