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CharlotteHawkes
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May 02, 2023
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Complicated Automation Help - 11.5 million records to process!

Hi,   I’ve got a ton of data to process ie. 23 files with 500,000 rows each - the whole public Companies House People with Significant Control database basically. The files are .txt files where all...
  • OliverScheurich's avatar
    May 02, 2023

    CharlotteHawkes 

    Please check if there is confidential data in your post and remove all confidential data.

    =MID(A2,SEARCH("company_number",A2)+17,8)
    =MID(A2,SEARCH("year",A2)+6,4)

    If all the records have the same pattern you can try these formulas which are in cells B2 and C2 in the screenshot. The formulas can be filled down as required.

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