I have some xls-sheets which I would like to manipluate with Knime.
This xls has grouped columns. This hides some complexity from the user as he can hide or unhide the groups.
When I use the xls-reader node I faced the problem that hidden groups are not imported by the node.
So I face some challenges:
The hidden columns have important values which I would like to use
When the groups are hidden I don’t get that data (column) at all. When groups are unhidden I get the columns and I need to react in the correct way to these two situations
Is there any chance to preprocess the xls file to avoid that issue?
Or is there a feature which allows to read always also the hidden (grouped) columns? That would be the best solution.
Did you notice in the XLS Reader Settings tab, below More Options: the checkbox “Skip hidden columns”? When you uncheck this it will read in all your columns.
gr. Hans
Thanks for pointing out this option.
Unfortunately the whole section “more options” is disabled. So there is no chance for me to untick the “skip hidden columns”. I checked it with two different EXCEL tables (a g´huge one and an simple one.
I also tried to set the flow variable “SKIP_HIDDEN_COLS” to true in the second tab. But this did also show no changes.
Any more ideas what goes wrong? Are there any other general settings?
The issue @HansS linked was only present in version 4.0.0. and was resolved in v 4.0.1 so if you are using the former version update should resolve your problem.
