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Lookup Table and csv file

anwarmian
Communicator

This is not a question. I just wanted to put two cents worth of my experience with a lookup table and a csv file. This lookup table was able to match some values from a field and not others. What I ended up discovering that one of the rows in the lookup table had an extra field and that was messing up every lookup after that. So if you have a csv file please open it in a spreadsheet and check to make sure that all the rows line up properly with the columns.

Example:

"Country_Code","Country_Name","Continent"
"CN", "CHINA","ASIA"
"ES", "SPAIN", "","EUROPE"
"UK", "UNITED KINGDOM", "EUROPE"

In the above example since SPAIN has an additional column any lookup after SPAIN will provide either a blank or a default value that you used in creating the lookup. This is strictly from my experience. I'll be happy to get feedback from others.

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

The same thing will happen if you have unmatched (unterminated) parentheses.

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