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Unstructured Excel to Structured, possible?

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I have way too many Excel workbooks with valuable data that isn't in a friendly format. Is it possible to use Power Automate to structure the data so that it can be uploaded into SQL.

Here's an example of what one of those workbooks looks like:

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    Michael E. Gernaey Profile Picture
    53,968 Moderator on at

    Hi @LilTaz2024 

     

    The answer is Yes, No, Maybe

     

    If an Excel can be posted in OneDrive or SharePoint - 1 Point for Yes

    If an Excel can have a Table created around the Data - 1 Point for Yes

    If you want to grab random data from randoms cells that you cannot get a table on - Fail for Power Automate

     

    If I ignore your Row 3 in the excel, my answer is completely Power automate can do it.

    Create a Row around 4-7 and read it in. Of course you have a blank row, so you'd have to handle that its blank but thats easy

     

    As for Row 3, do you need that data? If so, is Row 1 and Ro 2 there also???

     

    again it really depends on each literal sheet if the answer is Yes, or No

    Maybe is reserved for things that may need some massaging fire.

     

    But tons of people use it for that purpose.


    If I have helped you, I would really appreciate if you please Mark my answer as Resolved/Answered, and give it a thumbs up, so it can help others

    Cheers

    Thank You
    Michael Gernaey MCT | MCSE | MCP | Self-Contractor| Ex-Microsoft
    https://gernaeysoftware.com
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelgernaey

  • LilTaz2024 Profile Picture
    19 on at

    Thanks for your reply @FLMike ! It's good to know that it's possible, even though it wouldn't be a total slam dunk, at least not for this set. Each workbook has a different layout.

    To answer your questions, row 1 & 2 are not needed. It's the title of the worksheet. Row 3 is useful for the date purposes.

    Well you've given me hope for this project 😀 thank you!

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