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Useful Excel to HDL DAT File Converter

In this article we will look into an automated way to generate HDL (pipe

delimited file) from excel data.
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Most of the clients provide the input data for conversions in excel sheets
and we will have to use the excel functions or copy data to notepad++
and replace the new space character with pipe (|) symbol.
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However after replacing the character if there is a need to modify a
single column of data, we do not have the option and we will have to
convert to excel again and copy it back to notepad and replace with pipe.

Now I am going to provide a excel macro tool which will convert the excel
data into HDL file using a macro at the click of a button.
This excel sheet consists of two sheets “Excel Input” and “Open –
Save HDL DAT Files“.

Excel to HDL Converter

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In the “Excel Input” sheet we need to input the data in rows and columns
and then go to next tab
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The next tab “Open – Save HDL DAT Files” will look like

Op
en HDL Files and Save HDL Files
There are two buttons in this sheet:

Open HDL DAT File by Clicking Here: If you click on it, you can browse for
a DAT file and when select any DAT file, it will get opened up in the “Excel
Input” tab in excel format. And then you can modify the data in excel and
come back to this sheet and click on “Save DAT File by Clicking Here” to
save it as DAT file.
Save HDL DAT File by Clicking Here: If you click this, it will ask for a
filename and you can browse for the folder and then save the data in the
“Excel Input” worksheet as a .dat file.
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Excel to HDL Converter Save File

With this, we can save it as DAT file.

Opening the DAT file the macro has generated

Once you save the dat file, you can zip it and then upload the file to
Import and Load Data Screen to load the data into the application.
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This is a very useful tool when we work on data conversions and
whenever there is a need to modify the existing HDL or generate the
new HDL file.
Download Link – Excel to DAT File Converter
Steps to edit a HDL file using this tool:
1. Open the second tab “Open – Save HDL DAT Files” and import the HDL file
using “Open HDL DAT File by Clicking Here” button and browsing for the file.
2. The dat file contents will be open on the “Excel Input” tab. Make the
modifications as needed.
3. Then go to second tab “Open – Save HDL DAT Files” and click
“Save HDL DAT File by Clicking Here” to save the HDL DAT file.

To download Macro
 https://fusionhcmknowledgebase.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/
HDL-convertor.xls