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Import CSV change
In general you may allow legacy text import wizard in options
which was the only option in previous Excel versions, and use it. But both this wizard and Power Query give exactly the same result, they recognize all data columns. Perhaps it's something else with your file, better if you submit it as txt file, not as the part of the text within the post, which is actually HTML.
Chris_Shackleton , you can use the "From Text/CSV" option from the Get & Transform section in the Data tab:
Then, in the dialog that pops up, select the "Transform Data" Button:
This will take you to the Power Query Editor and you can do a lot of transformations from here. In this case you can remove the top 3 rows and perform further data shaping you require:
Once you are done with your transformations, click on Home->Close and Load To:
You can load to your desired location:
Hi thanks for the response.
Hadn't used that option before.
While it does allow me to deselect the top rows when I "delete" them
the import is still limited to the 2 columns.
Am I missing a stage?
In general you may allow legacy text import wizard in options
which was the only option in previous Excel versions, and use it. But both this wizard and Power Query give exactly the same result, they recognize all data columns. Perhaps it's something else with your file, better if you submit it as txt file, not as the part of the text within the post, which is actually HTML.
- Must be something strange about the file
See attached.
Chris_Shackleton , Power Query is incredibly powerful and can pretty much do everything you can throw at it. I was able to import everything based on a made up txt file I created from your original post. If you can share a sample of your file (removing any confidential data), I can provide more assistance.
