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From | Aaron Kirkman <ak1795mailserv@gmail.com> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | st: Trouble importing an Excel spreadsheet when the desired sheet is not the first sheet |
Date | Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:59:18 -0500 |
Dear Statalist, I'm using Stata 12.1 with the 22 Oct 2012 revision on Windows 7 x64. I need to import data from an excel spreadsheet where the desired sheet is not the first sheet, but the --import excel-- command returns an r(601) error of "Sheet not found." The spreadsheet contains data from the Workforce Investment Act, found at this link: http://www.doleta.gov/budget/docs/110630_wia_spendsum_bypgm_asof_120209_out.xls The sheet I need is titled "DW_Sum". I ran this command: **** import excel "110630_wia_spendsum_bypgm_asof_120209_out.xls", sheet("DW_Sum") clear **** but I get the r(601) error. If I open Excel and move the DW_Sum sheet to a position as the first sheet, the above command works. The same command also works if I remove the --sheet-- option all together (assuming I've moved DW_Sum to be the first sheet). Can anyone reproduce this error? In other spreadsheets from the site, i.e. this one: http://www.doleta.gov/budget/docs/101231_WIA_SpendSum_byPgm_asof_110603_OUT.xls I do not have this problem, so I assume this is a problem with this specific spreadsheet, but I want to make sure. Thank you, Aaron * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/