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Importing Excel sheet with vertical and horizontal data

  • August 2, 2016 at 8:20 am

    #328770

    Does anyone know how I can get the values in the first column of the spreadsheet to pertain to the data in the second column.

    The first column is a merged column with the data heading set vertically. The data column in the first column relates to all the data in the second column.

    So the source file looks like the above however I want to load the data as:

    ADVERTISING & MARKETING Radio

    ADVERTISING & MARKETING Television

    ADVERTISING & MARKETING Newspapers

    ADVERTISING & MARKETING Magazines etc

    Anyone any ideas or pointers to handling this kind of layout?

    Many thanks in advance.

  • August 2, 2016 at 8:31 am

    #1893239

    What happens when you try to read it in SSIS? Will it parse, or do you get an error?

    The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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    You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.
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  • August 2, 2016 at 11:11 am

    #1893298

    Hi All

    I found the solution right here on SQL Central, after lots of heartache, frantic Googling and numerous SSIS testing.

    The answer is here:

    We had this on this site however the topic heading was awful and I just happened to find it as I thought it was related to something else.

    https://ericwisdahl.wordpress.com/2009/08/02/ssis-retain-values-from-previous-rows/

  • August 2, 2016 at 12:25 pm

    #1893319

    pnr8uk (8/2/2016)

    Hi All

    I found the solution right here on SQL Central, after lots of heartache, frantic Googling and numerous SSIS testing.

    The answer is here:

    We had this on this site however the topic heading was awful and I just happened to find it as I thought it was related to something else.

    https://ericwisdahl.wordpress.com/2009/08/02/ssis-retain-values-from-previous-rows/%5B/quote%5D

    Here is a clickable version of your link, for any lazy SSC readers 🙂

    https://ericwisdahl.wordpress.com/2009/08/02/ssis-retain-values-from-previous-rows/[/url]

    I knew about this technique, that's why I asked the question I did. But well done on tracking it down yourself.

    The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
    Martin Rees

    You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.
    Stan Laurel

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