CSV Open Data

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CSV Open Data

This action opens CSV data for processing in subsequent steps.

 

CSV data

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CSV source

There are two options to choose from:

File: Read data from a file. Specify the file name below and select the encoding format. The most popular encodings are available for selection.

Text: Load data directly from the specified text. You can provide the text explicitly or using variables.

If CSV data has been loaded previously in the previous task steps, the data will be overwritten. You can only use one set of CSV data within one task.

 

Skip first lines

Specify how many lines need to be ignored from the beginning of the text.

 

Skip empty lines

Enable this switch if you want to ignore empty lines. This parameter is enabled by default.

 

Skip lines starting with

Ignore comments. There is no standard for comments in CSV texts. The action will consider a line as a comment if it starts with the specified combination of characters. You can choose an option or specify your own combination.

 

First row is column headers

The CSV text may start with a row of column headers. Enable this switch if the first row of the data array is the header.

 

Source Format

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Specify the format of the CSV data: delimiter, quote character.

Note that if the "Strict delimiter" switch is not enabled, spaces are also considered delimiters. And all fields containing spaces must be enclosed in quotes.

 

Reset to standard format

Sets the standard parameters:

Delimiter: Comma (,)

Quotes: Double quotes (")

Non-strict delimiter (spaces are also considered delimiters)

 

Reset to Excel format

Sets the parameters used by MS Excel by default:

Delimiter: Semicolon (;)

Quotes: Double quotes (")

Strict delimiter.

 

 

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Note: This feature is available for Business license only