Parse File Action
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parse File Action Node
The purpose of this node is to convert data found within a file into a dataset.
The files that we can convert are:-
- RTF Table
- RTF
- Text
- HTML
- HTML Table
- CSV Table
Parsing HTML or RTF Tables
In the case of a table the data is first read in as a table.
We can then get the parser to search for a cell by giving it either a location, such as pt(0,0) or text to search for, such as TEAM NAME.
When it finds this cell it will then return:-
Cell Above
Cell Right
Cell Below
Cell Left
Chars At Cell
Given the the rtf file we have below, let us say we want to extract the 2 Contact Telephone Numbers, the Team Name and the Team Location.
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Once we have chosen the file we are going to parse, we can hit populate, this gets presence to pre parse the file and return a list of available cells. You then probably need to delete the cells you aren't interested in along with the cells that contain data as opposed to the cells that contain fields.
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Chars Before
Chars After
Chars Between
Chars At Positions