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Multiple Excel File Extraction Dynamically:: Recommendations

BODS 3.x supports .xls files, while BODS 4.0 and later support both .xls and .xlsx files. The Microsoft Access Database Engine add-on must be installed on both server and client sides to allow the designer application to read Microsoft Excel files. This add-on is provided with the BODS software. When extracting data from multiple Excel files dynamically, all field structures should be unique, data should be in named ranges or sheets, and data should be in the same sheet name or number across files. File names can use wild cards or contain a comma-delimited list. For dynamic Excel file selection, data structure and location (sheet/range) must be consistent across files,

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Multiple Excel File Extraction Dynamically:: Recommendations

BODS 3.x supports .xls files, while BODS 4.0 and later support both .xls and .xlsx files. The Microsoft Access Database Engine add-on must be installed on both server and client sides to allow the designer application to read Microsoft Excel files. This add-on is provided with the BODS software. When extracting data from multiple Excel files dynamically, all field structures should be unique, data should be in named ranges or sheets, and data should be in the same sheet name or number across files. File names can use wild cards or contain a comma-delimited list. For dynamic Excel file selection, data structure and location (sheet/range) must be consistent across files,

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Excel workbook Sheet extraction

BODS 3.x supports .xls; from BODS 4.0 onwards .xls and .xlsx
The add-on called Microsoft access database engine should be installed on both server and
client side to make designer application to read Microsoft excel files; This add-on is provided
by sap along withBODS software and is placed in c:// program files/sapbo/data services/
ext/ Microsoft.
Multiple excel file extraction dynamically:
Recommendations:All fields structure should be unique; All fields data should be in Named
ranges/ sheets; All fields data should be in same sheet name / sheet number; Maintain
common prefix or suffix in file name.
Solutions:
1. Wild card character (* or ?); OR
2. using list of filenames with comma delimiter
Dynamic excel file selection:
Recommendations: Structure in all files should be unique; data should be in sheet/ named
range; Maintain unique sheet name or sheet number; Naming convention of a file name
should contain time stamp when it distributed.
Solutions:
1. Variable is to pass the file name dynamically during runtime;
2. Script is used to define a file name
Multiple excel workbook sheets extraction dynamically:
Recommendations:Structure should be unique in all sheets; Extra sheet in a file should have
the list of sheet names where data is placed.
Solution:
1. Variable to pass the sheet name dynamically during runtime
2. Script to define the sheet name.
3. Loop to repeat the process to get the data from all the sheets.

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