Import multiple files into single Dataset

nitot
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Every day a new Excel file is dropped into a shared network folder.  Every file is in the same format, and each file contains one day's data.  Is there a way, using Workbench or any other method, to transport all Excel files from one local folder into a single Domo DataSet?  Since a new file is added every day, every file will have a unique name.

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  • AS
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    https://developer.domo.com/docs/workbench-plugins/workbench-plugins in particular is where you want to start with plugins.

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  • AS
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    Hi @nitot

     

    I'm not aware of any default functionality that will accomplish this for you.  However, you can definitely use Workbench and with a little coding you can create a plugin that can parse all those files and combine them into one.

    When I worked for Domo we had a Fortune 100 client who had distributed data gathering across the globe with all the thousands of files stored in a single location in hundreds of subfolders.  We built a Workbench plugin to traverse all of that structure and append like-tables together and upload them into a single dataset in Domo.  It was awesome.  Your request is definitely possible.

    Aaron
    MajorDomo @ Merit Medical

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  • nitot
    nitot Member

    Thanks AS, are you aware of any resorces for getting started with these types of Plugins?

  • AS
    AS Coach
    Answer ✓

    Developer.domo.com is your central resource for all that special sauce.

    https://developer.domo.com/docs/workbench-plugins/workbench-plugins in particular is where you want to start with plugins.

    Aaron
    MajorDomo @ Merit Medical

    **Say "Thanks" by clicking the heart in the post that helped you.
    **Please mark the post that solves your problem by clicking on "Accept as Solution"
  • user053304
    user053304 Member

    In my scenario, a box folder has separate csv files for every month and they all have the same columns and data types. I wanted to create one dataset in domo that will append all these files and give me an output and also pickup any new files that is added every month. But when I create a dataset using "Box advanced Connector" and specified to choose the folder and pick files with same name, the output is only coming out for 1 file and not from all the files. Can you please help me with this. You can see the image below as well. 

     

    Snip 1 shows the options in the connector and snip 2 shows the data only for October and does not show for previous months. The box folder that I want to connect is Headline/Ingress. I have given the same name in the options as well. 

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