Re: [libreoffice-users] How to import a txt file into an existing Calc sheet?

> At 07:48 23/07/2011 -0500, George R. Kasica wrote:
> > I have a currently existing Excel 2007 sheet that I can do a (In 
> > Excel) Refresh All for \\APOLLO\e\WeatherLink\JACW3\download.txt ...
>
> So that's a file available to your system?
Yes, its a flat file created from some weather equipment.

> > ... which is a te[x]t file in the format of: [...] and is properly 
> > formatted automatically by a Text-To-Columns setup already in the MS 
> > Excel sheet so all I need to do each day is Refresh All and select 
> > the filename and it pulls in the data in the proper column.
> >
> > For the life of me I cannot see how to do this in Calc...and opening 
> > the existing sheet gets the right format, but I'm at a loss of how 
> > to get new data into it without redoing the whole text to columns 
> > every time ...
>
> Try this:
> o  Go to Insert | Sheet From File..., browse to your .txt file, and 
> click Insert.
> o  In the Text Import dialogue, under "Separator options", select 
> "Separated by", "Space", and "Merge delimiters".
> o  Click OK.
> o  In the Insert Sheet dialogue, select the position of your new 
> sheet and - crucially - tick Link.
> o  Click OK.
OK..that gets the file in, but the first 4 rows that are always locked
with Headers get replaced as well even if I say from Line 4, and I've
tried both before and after sheet options. Also there are some calc
lines at the bottom that in Excel are automatically moved down if
there is more data than what is there now. With Calc it blows them
away and replaces them with data, BIG problem as some of the formulas
are quite time consuming to reenter and there's at least one  and
possibly as much as 3 for each column (Max, Min, etc)

> Each time you open this spreadsheet, you will have the option to 
> update this new sheet; alternatively, you can go to Edit | Links... 
> and click Update.  Note that, since the entire sheet is updated, any 
> calculations you perform on that sheet will be lost - so you will 
> have to move your calculations to other sheets.
OK...so I have to make a 2nd sheet then to do my calcs? Let me look at
that today once.

> If this data is downloaded from the web, you may prefer instead to 
> use Insert | Link to External Data... and import directly from the web page.
No, its local, though it could be accessed by web as well. Let me look
at this as well.

> > ... (not an option due to time constraints here each day when this 
> > has to happen...data is available at 59 past the hour and needs to 
> > just come in to be used by 15 past the next hour.
>
> You can do a lot in sixteen minutes!
Like I said, the automated linking and calcs are critical to this
working. Much of the process I do it cookie cutter hence the premade
sheet etc.

> I trust this helps.
I'll work with it a bit today and let you know where I end up.

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