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Remove first 4 rows and last 5 rows of excel table

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Posted on by inkbird01 48

Hi, I receive a CSV extract of data in email. How would I remove the first 4 rows and last 5 rows and keep everything between, then add the inbetween data to an existing workbook on sharePoint (to the last row of existing workbook data)

Thank you for your help

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  • v-chengfen-msft Profile Picture
    v-chengfen-msft Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @inkbird01 ,

    Here is a test for your reference:

    Here is csv file :

    vchengfenmsft_2-1669872102536.png

    Here is sharepoint excel file:

    vchengfenmsft_3-1669872127585.png

     

    Here is flow:

    [Compose]:split(base64ToString(outputs('Get_Attachment_(V2)')?['body/contentBytes']), decodeUriComponent('%0D%0A'))
    [Apply to each]: take(skip(outputs('Compose'),5),add(length(skip(outputs('Compose'),5)),-6))
    [Split By Comma]: split(first(split(item(),'",')),',')
    trim(outputs('Split_By_Comma')?[0])
    trim(outputs('Split_By_Comma')?[1])
    trim(outputs('Split_By_Comma')?[2])
    trim(outputs('Split_By_Comma')?[3])
    trim(outputs('Split_By_Comma')?[4])
    trim(outputs('Split_By_Comma')?[5])

    vchengfenmsft_0-1669872076244.png

    vchengfenmsft_7-1669872662289.png

     

     

     

    Here is result:

    vchengfenmsft_5-1669872308970.png

     

    Here is a link for your reference:

    Power Automate: Parse CSV files - Thrives

     

    Best Regards

    Cheng Feng

     

     

     

     

  • momlo Profile Picture
    momlo 1,527 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    Hi @inkbird01 

    I have similar case in one case of my flows where i need to remove couple of "header" rows and couple of "footer" rows from CSV

     

    If you can do id in Power Automate like @v-chengfen-msft suggested, that would be my preference too, but i you need to use Power Automate Desktop, then what I do in that flow:

    1. Read from CSV
    2. Delete bottom rows from  datatable, using index
    3. Delete bottom top from  datatable, using index
    4. Paste data to excel

     

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