Removing formatting from imported file

I have a file I'm pulling from another type of database into an Excel spreadsheet and then using my dtsx package to import the spreadsheet into my SQL database. The problem I'm having is that one of the fields coming out of the database to the spreadsheet has the thousands seperator in the field that I want to use as a numeric field without the ",". Right now I have a macro that I run on the spreadsheet to reset the field to straight numbers without commas before importing it, but would like to configure my Integration package to do it automatically.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks in Advance

Bring the column in as a string, then use a Derived Column transform to clean it and cast it to a number.

Code Snippet

(DT_I4) (REPLACE( [YourColumn] ,",","" ) )

Removing Duplicate Values in Filter List...

Hello!
I am pulling two values from a field when the report is first run. The
value can either be ACTIVE or DISABLED. This is being accessed in a
parameter and I would like to be able to filter my current report by
selecting either ACTIVE or DISABLED records. The catch is that I need to do
this without taking a trip back to the server.
I could hardcode the two values in there, however that would require the
report to re-render each time the filter is applied. Can I have two distinct
values in my filter and have this applied at the time of the first rendering?
Right now I get all values for my status_cd column which is a bunch of
DISABLED and ACTIVE values. I just need two. Let me know what you think.
Thanks!Just a short clarification. After I wrote all that I realized that I needed
to explain a little more...
We are pulling in the values for the filter from a dataset. The
Active/Disabled example isn't all that great because I can hardcode the
values for that to get it to work. However, the functionality we really need
is as follows...
We have users that are associated with clients. So multiple users have the
same client. In this filter drop-down when it populates from the dataset it
is populating the same client multiple times based upon how many users are
associated with that client. All we need is each client a single time. We
can do this by creating another dataset, but we would like to do it with the
current dataset instead of making a trip back to the server. Your help is
appreciated. Thanks!
"jrennard" wrote:
> Hello!
> I am pulling two values from a field when the report is first run. The
> value can either be ACTIVE or DISABLED. This is being accessed in a
> parameter and I would like to be able to filter my current report by
> selecting either ACTIVE or DISABLED records. The catch is that I need to do
> this without taking a trip back to the server.
> I could hardcode the two values in there, however that would require the
> report to re-render each time the filter is applied. Can I have two distinct
> values in my filter and have this applied at the time of the first rendering?
> Right now I get all values for my status_cd column which is a bunch of
> DISABLED and ACTIVE values. I just need two. Let me know what you think.
> Thanks!