Load file but eliminate redundant data

[bobbydave]

I have a requirement to load  a file but its a dynamic file which will change each month.

I need to remove a certain number of redundant data from this file and load the data that is left behind or in another sense, I need to start on a certain line.

Right now, I start on line 307 of an excel file with the below headings. Next month it might start on a different line with the same headings as below. How can I tell qlikview to start on that header and eliminate the data above the header.?

IP

DNS

NetBIOS

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IP Status

QID

Title

Vuln Status

Type

Severity

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Protocol

FQDN

SSL

First Detected

Last Detected

Times Detected

Date Last Fixed

CVE ID

Vendor Reference

Bugtraq ID

CVSS

CVSS Base

CVSS Temporal

CVSS Environment

CVSS3

CVSS3 Base

CVSS3 Temporal

Solution

PCI Vuln

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[m_woolf · Accepted solution]

This is the script that I used to find the header location in a csv file:

// data doesn't always start at same row

FindDataHeaderTemp:

First 500   // set this value large enough that the Header can be found

load

if(@1='IP',rowno()) as Header   //@1 will probably be A in an Excel load

From

'$(File)'

(txt, codepage is 1252, no labels, delimiter is ',', msq);

FindDataHeader:

NoConcatenate load

Header

resident FindDataHeaderTemp

where Header>0;

drop table FindDataHeaderTemp;

vDataHeader = peek('Header');

drop table FindDataHeader;

// end data start

Data:

LOAD

Whatever...

FROM

'$(File)'

(txt, codepage is 1252, no labels, delimiter is ',', msq, header is $(vDataHeader) lines);