paper: New Scouting Database from Team 2834

[Ed Law]

Originally Posted by Vikesrock

I'm not all that great in Excel either, but I believe I have found a way to work around this issue.

For each table you want to grab you need to create a .icy file. This is a text file that describes the query. To find out how to format the file you can create a query to a valid page and then save the query, the only part you need to change is the event code in the URL.

Here's an example .icy file to get the Qualifications table from the DC regional

WEB
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http://www2.usfirst.org/2009comp/events/DC/matchresults.html

Selection=3
Formatting=None
PreFormattedTextToColumns=True
ConsecutiveDelimitersAsOne=True
SingleBlockTextImport=False
DisableDateRecognition=False
DisableRedirections=False

The way to use these files is a bit of a hack, but is the only thing I've gotten to work. According to the help files you can just click open and select the .icy and an import wizard will pop up letting you insert the data into the current sheet, but it just opens in a new workbook for me.

The workaround I found is to create the query with a valid page (any page), then locate it under Data->Connections (it helps to label the connections). Once you find the Connection click Properties -> Definition -> Browse and select the appropriate .icy file.

I tested this by setting one for the DC regional with my computer unplugged from the internet and then plugged back in and refreshed the data and the correct data appeared, so I think it should work.

Thanks for the suggestion. I will look into it. What version of Excel are you using? I am using Excel 2002 but have access to a computer that has the latest version. I will try to make it work for the older version first and then test it with the latest version.

Ed