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Formatting Issue (Getting data from 1 column into 7 columns)
Subodh/Sergei,
Your suggestions have been most helpful. I was finally able to get the data into the right format but it is a tremendous amount of work. I'm working off of a prospect list web site where I have to input the specific parameters for the companies I want to discover (for example, location, industry, yearly revenue, etc.). For large listings, I'm able to see only 25 companies at a time. It looks like this:
I have to copy and paste each grouping of 25 into Excel and all of this info. goes into just one column. When I've finally created a large enough list, I then run the Power Query that you've designed. This is a lot of work because if each company doesn't have the exact same number of data points (in this case 7) the report is all jumbled and I have to go back and find where the missing data should go.
Do you think I'm doing this in the most efficient way or is there a more economical way to go about this task. I don't see how I can pull the info. right off the web site as I work because the web address just shows something like: https://app.uplead.com/#. I'm unsure if Excel can pull the exact info. that I've specifically collated on the site.
You gentlemen have been so very kind in your guidance and I sincerely appreciate it.
Regards,
Jeff
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Jeff, that's not a free resource and it's hard to say what and how could be automated without playing with web site. It depends on many things, for example how the pagination is organised, by URL parameter or Java script changes pages without changing the URL. It could be some protection against connecting to their data. Etc., etc.
But in general yes, it could be possible to automate data pick-up from web site using Power Query. The evil is in the detail.