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Currently combining multiple excel docs with the date in the name of the excel file
eg: 2018 Capex Projects - February Forcast.xlsx
Would like to make a column that can be used to identify the date from the above example as 02/2018, is there a funtion that i can use that will help do this?
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@Anonymous,
Create the following columns in your table.
Month = if(search("january",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,01,if(search("february",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,02,if(search("march",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,03,if(search("april",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,04,if(search("may",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,05,if(search("june",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,06,if(search("july",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,07,if(search("august",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,08,if(search("september",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,09,if(search("october",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,10,if(search("november",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,11,if(search("December",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,12))))))))))))
Year = LEFT([Source.Name],4)
YearMonth = [Month]&"/"&[Year]
Regards,
Lydia
@Anonymous,
Create the following columns in your table.
Month = if(search("january",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,01,if(search("february",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,02,if(search("march",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,03,if(search("april",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,04,if(search("may",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,05,if(search("june",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,06,if(search("july",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,07,if(search("august",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,08,if(search("september",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,09,if(search("october",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,10,if(search("november",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,11,if(search("December",[Source.Name],1,0)>0,12))))))))))))
Year = LEFT([Source.Name],4)
YearMonth = [Month]&"/"&[Year]
Regards,
Lydia
in excel, i know this might be a cluncky formula, but i would use something like this to identify the month:
if(isnumber(search("january",[Source.Name])),01,null)if(isnumber(search("february",[Source.Name])),02,if(isnumber(search("march",[Source.Name])),03,if(isnumber(search("april",[Source.Name])),04,if(isnumber(search("may",[Source.Name])),05,if(isnumber(search("june",[Source.Name])),06,if(isnumber(search("july",[Source.Name])),07,if(isnumber(search("august",[Source.Name])),08,if(isnumber(search("september",[Source.Name])),09,if(isnumber(search("october",[Source.Name])),10,if(isnumber(search("november",[Source.Name])),11,if(isnumber(search("december",[Source.Name])),12,NULL))
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