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With the "Read Excel" operator, how can I make it read only the visible cells?

PrenticeUser: "Prentice"
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Updated by Jocelyn
Say, my Excel sheet has a couple of hidden cells that I don't want to be in my process, can I make it so that RapidMiner doesn't account for these?

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    IngoRMUser: "IngoRM"
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    Updated by IngoRM
    Hi,
    There is actually a wizard for the Read Excel operator as well (first button in the parameters of the Read Excel operator).  In the second step, you can select data in the table or define ranges in the box at the top.  However, it looks like you can only define ranges of neighboring cells / columns and not skip columns for example.
    As Brian said, you can always deal with this after import (i.e. first read everything and then have a small prep process removing the unwanted cells or columns).
    Other than that, I would not know how to achieve this.  I do not think that either the import wizards or any of the operators use the information if a column is hidden or not...
    Best,
    Ingo