IMPORT PLAIN TEXT

Category: Import / File

Description

Import a text file without parsing, as is, into a single column.

Most frequently, the action is used to process text files in a format not natively supported by EasyMorph.

Setting	Description
Load file^*	Fully-qualified file name of the text file (includes relative or absolute path).
Encoding	ASCII, ANSI (with code page), and other types of encoding. If you're not sure what to choose, try UTF-8 as it's the most common Unicode encoding.
Column name	The name to assign the input column.
Mode	Define whether to import each line as a new row or import all file contents into a single cell. See Mode settings below.

^* Setting can be specified using a parameter.

Setting	Description
Import every line as a new row	Each line in the incoming file is imported to a new row.
Import the entire file as one cell	The entire contents of the incoming file are imported to a single cell. See Notes below.

A text cell value in EasyMorph can be up to 2GBs. The last linebreak is ignored.

This action can import multiple files. See Importing Multiple Files for more information.

EDI Import issues (Project; Module: Main; Group: Group 1; Table: Prod199_2877_ni_llp_23032021030001 - Copy.txt;
Action position: 1)

Fast ways to create the action:

Press the "Add data" menu button. Pick "Import file" or "Import multiple files".