I am using SSIS2012, I am trying to import about 25 excel files (each containing about 70(variable) sheets) into SQLserver2008.
I have built it so that it will loop through all the excel sheets and import the first sheet, but this is useless, how can I loop all the excel files and loop all of the sheet names into SQL?
I have set up a script task to get the sheetName into a variable, but I don't know what to do from there.
Is my question clear enough?
I am much more fluent in VB over C# so if you're using script task, ideally paste VB,net code.
Thanks,
James.
You can Loop through Excel Files and Tables by Using a Foreach Loop Container
Here you will use nested foreach loops in the Control Flow. These will loop first over the files, and then loop over the tables within the files (worksheets). Inside the loops you will have a Data Flow with an Excel File Source.
I've done a similar thing. What I did was add a Foreach Loop Container, and set enumerator property to Foreach File Enumerator. Retrieve the file path and store in a variable. Then use that variable to dynamically set the file connection using the property extensions editor.
Finally, put your data flow inside the Foreach Loop Container.
Doing this I was able to import data for each Excel file found in the directory specified.
Related
How to fetch the Excel file path connection dynamically through a variable in the Excel Source?
Inside my Foreach Loop Container, I have Excel Source which has Excel Connection String.
I am using the variable to map the Incoming folder path. I set DelayValidation to True.
Folder Path : c:\IncomingPath\
However, I am getting an error as
The connection is not found.
We put the excel files by extracting the zip file. Steps are done through SSIS Package.
In the Foreach Loop make sure it's using the Foreach File Enumerator type if it's not already. Then on the Variable Mappings page, set a string variable to Index 0, this will hold the file name for each iteration of the loop. Then go to the Excel Connection Manager, click on the ellipsis next to the Expressions property (highlight the connection manager and press F4 to view the Properties window) and set the same string variable that was set at Index 0 in the loop as the expression for the ExcelFilePath, not ConnectionString, property. This will set the Excel Source component to use the current file from each iteration of the Foreach Loop.
I have two excel files in separate instances of excel. I want to take data from one instance of excel to another. This seemed simple as I know that path of the file that I want to pull data from. However, the file I want to pull data from is used by a separate program where it opens up the file I want to pull from (a template), populates it, but does not save it. So each time this external program is running it is using the file I want to pull data from but since it never saves it I am having a hard time pulling data from the template file. I have used the getObject() function which successfully pulls data from the file as I know the file path but the fields are of course empty as when the external program used the file, it only filled in the data but never saves it. How can I do what I am asking?
Building on Scotts suggestion
Since you know the full path and name of the other workbook, use GetObject to reference it
Use .SaveCopyAs to save it
Open the saved copy in the local instance
This code goes in the file running in your instance of Excel
Sub Demo()
Dim wbRemote As Workbook
Dim wbLocal as Workbook
' Get reference to the workbook running in the other instance of Excel
Set wbRemote = GetObject("C:\data\Temp\TemplateBook.xlsx")
' Save a copy
wbRemote.SaveCopyAs "C:\data\Temp\Temp.xlsx"
' remove reference
Set wbRemote = Nothing
' open copy in this instance
Set wbLocal = Application.Workbooks.Open("C:\data\Temp\Temp.xlsx")
' work with object wbLocal
' ...
End Sub
I'm running Excel tests on UFT and sometimes I get the error number 20012 which is "DataTable.ImportSheet operation failed.Invalid file".
This is my way of importing the script:
DataTable.ImportSheet filepath,scriptname,"Action2"
filepath is the path of my workbook which conatins many excel sheets (scripts)
scriptname: the name of the script that I want to run
Action2: contains all the call of all possible keywords that may script can contains.
Any help please, why I'm getting this error.
The problem is that this is working well for some scripts and for others not after 3 or 4 run times.
I think the problem is on Excel itself and not on the code, are there any problems when working with Excel 2016 and UFT 12 ?
UFT syntax for importing a worksheet is:
DataTable.ImportSheet FileName, vtSrcSheet, vtDstSheet
This means you need to pass as parameters the filename (and path) to the excel file, the name (or index) of the source sheet you want to import, and then the destination you want this sheet to be (for example "Global" or "Action1" etc)
Unless scriptname happens to be the exact name of the worksheet you are trying to import you will get this error.
If you want to import the whole file use Datatable.Import instead of Datatable.ImportSheet
I have an excel file that has a header row which is a row that I want to delete. The header row in thsi file are the cells of A1 to W1 merged into one. This causes a problem when I try to read the file because I am expecting column names. Proper column names exist in the second row of the file, which is why I want to delete the first.
To accomplish this I thought I'd be able to use the 'Excel Source' item in SSIS since it supports a SQL option to write a query. What I want to do is something like this:
SELECT * from ExcelFile WHERE Row > 1
My file only has data in columns A thru W.
I don't know what syntax I can use in the query to do this. The query builder that is in the Excel Source item will allow me to do many things with columns but I don't see an option for doing anything with rows. Searching online and using the help didn't get me anywhere.
None of these solutions will work because the Excel driver will be confused by the merged first line. You won't be able to use any driver features such as skip first row to do this. You need to run some script to open the Excel file and delete the row manually.
There is some basic sample script at this site:
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1327014-1292-1.aspx
The code below is adapted from the code written by snsingh at that site.
You would obviously want to use connnection manager properties, not hard coded paths
Excel needs to be installed on the SSIS Server for it to work - this is the only way to use Excel automation.
Dim filename As String
Dim appExcel As Object
Dim newBook As Object
Dim oSheet1 As Object
appExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
filename = "C:\test.xls"
appExcel.DisplayAlerts = False
newBook = appExcel.Workbooks.Open(filename)
oSheet1 = newBook.worksheets("Sheet1")
oSheet1.Range("A1").Entirerow.Delete()
newBook.SaveAs(filename, FileFormat:=56)
appExcel.Workbooks.Close()
appExcel.Quit()
You don't need to use a syntax.
Go to control flow..
Pull in a data flow task.
Add a excel file source...add a conection manager
With excel sheet.
Open your connection manager and then check the box which says.
Column names In first row. That's it and add ur destination.
I have several hundred .doc word documents to which I need to add a macro which runs when the .doc file is opened and creates a header for said document based on the file name. Is there a way to do this as a batch? I have been individually opening each document and going into visual basic --> Project --> This Document then inserting a .txt file which contains the code. Is there a fast way to do this for multiple documents?
As a learning exercise, put this into the "ThisDocument" part of Normal (the Normal.dot template) in the VBE
Open a word document and watch what happens.
I don't think you need to put your code in every single file, I think you should be OK with using the Document_Open event in Normal.dot.
Just make sure it shows up as a reference in your word documents that you open but I don't see why it wouldn't
If you absolutely need it in every file then it can be done but the problem is if you make one small change to the code, you have to go through all this again. The idea with code is to write it once, use it many times.
You can write VBA code that alters the VBA code in other documents, but you need to "Trust access to the VBA project object model" in the Trust Centre options. This could open you up to viral code if you download Word documents with malicious VBA code in them. What you want to do, essentially, is write a VBA virus. There are legitimate reasons for doing this, and also malicious ones, I leave the ethics of the uses of these techniques up to the user. Knowledge itself is not malicious.
Here's the meat, you will need to write your own code to loop through the documents and possibly save them as .docm files.
Sub ReplaceCode()
Set oDoc = ActiveDocument
Set oComponents = oDoc.VBProject.VBComponents
For i = oComponents.Count To 1 Step -1
If oComponents(i).Type = 100 And oComponents(i).Name = "ThisDocument" Then
With oComponents(i).CodeModule
.DeleteLines 1, .CountOfLines
.AddFromFile "C:\ThisDocument.cls"
End With
End If
Next i
End Sub
Also, if you create your code file by exporting from VBA, you will need to remove this from the top of the .cls file:
VERSION 1.0 CLASS
BEGIN
MultiUse = -1 'True
END
Personally, I would drive this from Excel, maybe using a worksheet to hold a list of the files or locations to update, and another sheet for the code to populate with a list of files updated.