Ewriting to a new excel file in blue prism
In Blue Prism, you can write data to a new Excel file using the Excel Write
activity. Here's a step-by-step guide:
Prerequisites:
- Make sure you have the Excel Write activity installed in your Blue Prism environment.
- Create a new Excel file in the desired location.
Steps:
- Drag and drop the
Excel Write
activity from theUtility
folder to your process flowchart. - Double-click the
Excel Write
activity to open its properties. - In the
Excel Write
activity properties, enter the following:File Path
: Enter the path to the new Excel file you created. For example,C:\Users\username\Documents\NewFile.xlsx
.Sheet Name
: Enter the name of the sheet where you want to write data. For example,Sheet1
.Range
: Enter the range of cells where you want to write data. For example,A1:C3
.
- In the
Data
tab, select the data you want to write to the Excel file. You can use aData Item
or aCollection
as the data source. - Click
OK
to close theExcel Write
activity properties. - Run the process to write data to the new Excel file.
Tips:
- Make sure the file path is correct and the file is not open in Excel when running the process.
- You can use the
Excel Write
activity to write data to multiple sheets and ranges in the same file. - If you want to append data to an existing file, set the
Range
property to the last row and column of the data you want to append.
Here's an example of how the Excel Write
activity properties might look:
File Path: C:\Users\username\Documents\NewFile.xlsx
Sheet Name: Sheet1
Range: A1:C3
Data: [Data Item: MyData]
In this example, the Excel Write
activity will write the data from the MyData
data item to the Sheet1
sheet in the NewFile.xlsx
file, starting from cell A1 and ending at cell C3.