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geoffcamp
Contributor
16 years ago

Reading in large datasources

Hi,

I'm in the process of testing a service operation that has a large number of tags in the request - several hundred.

Our current process is to read into the XML request from an Excel spreadsheet.

The first problem I'm facing is that Excel itself doesn't allow that many columns.
My current solution has been to spread the tags across two tabs, and reading in from both of them.
Is there a better solution?

Secondly, when I'm parameterising the Request XML, right-clicking and selecting the Get Data option, I am unable to select all of the values from the displayed list, as it stretches beyond that which the screen can fit.
Obviously I can manually enter the parameter in question, however is there a way I can scroll through this displayed list?  Or if not at present is this a change that may be made in the future?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Geoff
  • M_McDonald's avatar
    M_McDonald
    Super Contributor
    I will face the first problem in the not-to-distant future.

    I think it would great if there was an option to read a spreadsheet column-wise rather than row-wise. This would remove the column limitation, and also make entering data into the spreadsheet a bit easier.