I have data that i managed to filter as follows:
A 12345,John Smith,Los Angeles,CA
B 12345,Albertsons,Cashier
C 12345,Blue Cross,HMO
A 54321,Sam Knight,Cerritos,CA
B 54321,Acme Widgets,Security Guard
C 54321,Aetna,PPO
A 98765,Alexis Jackson,El Segundo,CA
B 98765,Farmer Boys,Cashier
C 98765,Kaiser,PPO
I'm trying to extract the comma delimited version of each file to it's own csv file and include header information on each.
Going to "client.csv":
account,name,city,state
12345,John Smith,Los Angeles,CA
54321,Sam Knight,Cerritos,CA
98765,Alexis Jackson,El Segundo,CA
Going to "employment.csv":
account,employer,position
12345,Albertsons,Cashier
54321,Acme Widgets,Security Guard
98765,Farmer Boys,Cashier
the last group going to "insurance.csv"
I was looking at T-Filter to accomplish this but cannot get those filters to run. I basically created a T-Filter after the initial formatting pass and on the first T-Filter I put Extract lines matching "A ", Remove column: Column 1..5, Insert lines at line 1 [<the header text>]
I can't get any of those filters running once i put it under T-Filter. What am i doing wrong?
TIA,
Eric
Creating multiple extractions from one filter
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Re: Creating multiple extractions from one filter
Hi Eric,
The only point you are missing is that the T-Filter needs a Filters\Special\Secondary output filter to direct the output somewhere.
The only point you are missing is that the T-Filter needs a Filters\Special\Secondary output filter to direct the output somewhere.
Re: Creating multiple extractions from one filter
Thanks Simon. That worked! I did try it before with the secondary output, but I probably didn't have the right filters setup in the T-filter. You cannot check if the filter is working within the T-filter it seems.
But if you bring the filters just above the filter to test to make sure it's extracting right before putting it in the T-Filter then I was able to confirm what the output files were going to be.
But if you bring the filters just above the filter to test to make sure it's extracting right before putting it in the T-Filter then I was able to confirm what the output files were going to be.
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Re: Creating multiple extractions from one filter
Hi Eric - you can easily test a T-filter by using a debug filter to see data flowing into it, or using a search/replace with prompting to match .*? so that you get prompted when data arrives in it.