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MS Flow.. parse a text file

anyone know there's a way to parse text file using MS Flow? I'm trying to populate a SharePoint list using Excel but I can't get it to recognize it as a table so I'm hoping maybe I can use a flat file instead.

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Jamie McAllister

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Adam Ehrenworth

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Jamie,

The issue I am running into is that the Excel file that is created is being produced by another tool and it is doesn't have a "table" associated with it. I can only see if that table if I go into Excel and create it manually. This is not helpful if I want to fully automate this process each day.

That is why I asked about the text file option. OR is there a way to force a table into an excel file with Flow if the number of rows might vary each time the new file is created by this other tool and stored on SharePoint Online?

Thanks for your help.

Adam

Jamie McAllister

Hi Adam,

I'm pushing the conversation back to Excel as there aren't nice options trying to parse a file. Data to CSV is fine but not the other way.

What tool is creating the errant Excel? Is it really an Excel file or a CSV?

J

Adam Ehrenworth

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Alteryx Designer runs each day and pulls HR data from a source DB into an Excel file (I tried using it to push to SP directly but it is VERY slow).

Anyway, I can only get the flow to recognize the columns in the file if I open it up and create the table manually.

Hopefully, I am missing an easy step here as being able to automate the push from Excel to the SharePoint List would be a big win.

Again - thanks for any insight.

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