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<div dir="auto">Hi Chris,<br>
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<div dir="auto">mhm.</div>
<div dir="auto">There are only two columns with ordinary names.</div>
<div dir="auto">The data holds some special characters, and first I
thought this might influence the process as well. But the version
where I deleted those entries does not behave differently.</div>
<div dir="auto">Very strange.<br>
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<div dir="auto">Meanwhile, I exported the file to a csv, imported
this one successfully and then saved as gpkg. So at least, the
data is in and working.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Thanks,</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 11.03.22 um 21:38 schrieb chris
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<div>Bernd and list,<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 11, 2022,
12:08 Bernd Vogelgesang via Qgis-user <<a
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folks,<br>
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for quite some time, I hold frequently changing data in a
xlsx-file.<br>
Working in a spreadsheet application is so much more
efficient sometimes.<br>
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This spreadsheet easily imports by drag and drop, the
import dialog pops<br>
up where to choose which tab to import, and finally the
table is there<br>
with the first row as column heads.<br>
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Now, I'm getting just nuts.<br>
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I'm trying to do the same with other data, and whatever I
try, it<br>
imports the table ignoring the header row, so its Field1,
Field2...<br>
<br>
Findings so far:<br>
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I had a long file name. With this, there was no import
dialog, but the<br>
first tab was imported immediately, but without the header
row.<br>
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I saved the file with a short file name, and now the
import dialog asks<br>
which tab to import. But still, the first data-row is
ignored.<br>
<br>
Dragging my other already existing file into that project
works just<br>
perfectly.<br>
<br>
What could be the reason for this behaviour?<br>
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<div dir="auto">Clutching at straws here...</div>
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<div dir="auto">Sometimes when making a pivot table in
LibreOffice calc I notice that column headings (first row)
aren't interpreted as such.</div>
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<div dir="auto">This seems to occur on the following scenarios:</div>
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<div dir="auto">1) a column has an en empty cell in row 1 (or
missing title)</div>
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<div dir="auto">2) a column exists outside the area of interest
with no header (this probably would not apply in your case,
but maybe you have some calculations to the right of your data
which don't have a column header)</div>
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<div dir="auto">3) there are some "strange" characters in one or
more header fields (I can't recall precisely what constitutes
"strange")</div>
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<div dir="auto">What you might want to do is save a copy of your
spreadsheet, then delete anything to the left or right of your
columns, and check that your column names are all "legal
variable" names ie begin with a letter, only letters and
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<div dir="auto">I hope this helps; good luck!</div>
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