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Status Future consideration
Workspace Apptio
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 13, 2023

Excel import with dynamic worksheet names

Currently, there are two options for designating which worksheet should be loaded in the import step:

  1. No name specified and first worksheet is loaded
  2. A fixed worksheet name is specified and cannot be changed

It would be amazing to add an option to use a pattern to select the worksheet name like the patterns available in DataLink SFTP connector for source file names. If the patterns could identify dates, we could then use a pattern like "Depreciation {MMM}" to get the matching month's worksheet at the time of import. So if you load a file into the January period, the Depreciation Jan sheet would be automatically selected.

This would also allow using a wildcard to handle scenarios where a sheet has period elements like "2023 Budget Summary" or "Labor Roster Jan 2023". Wildcard patterns could be used like "*Budget Summary" or "Labor Roster*"