Hi!
I'm trying to automate the following process within the model builder:
1. Import Excel xls-files, that each contain point elevation data with x,y and z values
2. Convert them into separate shape files while using the original xls file name as the output file name
Therefore I've setup the following model:
Attachment 27506
The problem occurs while trying to copy the features to an output shape when using the expression for the new file name. Since for iterating the Excel files I need to activate the Recursive option to scan the worksheets within each xls file. The extracted "File" then contains a "$" at the end to mark the worksheet (so if for instance the input file is 001b.xls, the extracted name within "File" is 001b$).
Because of the error message "000354 : The name contains invalid characters" i assumed that the "$" is the problem and used the Calculate Value tool with r"%File%".replace("$","") as an Expression and string as the Data Type. Unfortunately this doesn't help, although the calculated value seems to be correct (without the "$")...
Hence my questions are:
a) What exactly is causing the error and how can I solve it?
b) What other possibilities would I have to manipulate the input file name for output, for instance if I want to use only a part of the name or add an automated counter?
Thanks in advance for any help!
I'm trying to automate the following process within the model builder:
1. Import Excel xls-files, that each contain point elevation data with x,y and z values
2. Convert them into separate shape files while using the original xls file name as the output file name
Therefore I've setup the following model:
Attachment 27506
The problem occurs while trying to copy the features to an output shape when using the expression for the new file name. Since for iterating the Excel files I need to activate the Recursive option to scan the worksheets within each xls file. The extracted "File" then contains a "$" at the end to mark the worksheet (so if for instance the input file is 001b.xls, the extracted name within "File" is 001b$).
Because of the error message "000354 : The name contains invalid characters" i assumed that the "$" is the problem and used the Calculate Value tool with r"%File%".replace("$","") as an Expression and string as the Data Type. Unfortunately this doesn't help, although the calculated value seems to be correct (without the "$")...
Hence my questions are:
a) What exactly is causing the error and how can I solve it?
b) What other possibilities would I have to manipulate the input file name for output, for instance if I want to use only a part of the name or add an automated counter?
Thanks in advance for any help!