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Posted on by BeckyC

Is there any way to add more than one row at at time to a table in excel?

Here is what I have - I'd like to have one row with customer name and then another line right under it with the customer number. If I can add more than one, what would I use as a separator?

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Becky

{
 "Label": "Customer Name",
 "Info": @{triggerOutputs()?['body/CustomerName']}
}

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v-litu-msft on at

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Hi @BeckyC,

Add a row into a table action only support add one row into the table once run, not support add multiple rows at the same time.

If you want to add multiple rows to the excel table, you could initialize an array variable to store data you want to add, then use Apply to each + add a row into a table action to do it, for example:

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Navansh 27 on at

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Hi @v-litu-msft

I tried the solution above but i am getting error The variable 'Array' of type 'Array' cannot be initialized or updated with value of type 'String'. The variable 'Array' only supports values of types 'Array'.

i initialised the variable Array with below value:

[
{
"Product Name": "Delta",
"Year-1": variables('ProductsArrayY1')[0],
"Year-2": variables('ProductsArrayY2')[0],
"Year-3": variables('ProductsArrayY3')[0],
"Year-4": variables('ProductsArrayY4')[0],
"Year-5": variables('ProductsArrayY5')[0]
},
{
"Product Name": "Zeta",
"Year-1": variables('ProductsArrayY1')[1],
"Year-2": variables('ProductsArrayY2')[1],
"Year-3": variables('ProductsArrayY3')[1],
"Year-4": variables('ProductsArrayY4')[1],
"Year-5": variables('ProductsArrayY5')[1]
},
{
"Product Name": "Atos",
"Year-1": variables('ProductsArrayY1')[2],
"Year-2": variables('ProductsArrayY2')[2],
"Year-3": variables('ProductsArrayY3')[2],
"Year-4": variables('ProductsArrayY4')[2],
"Year-5": variables('ProductsArrayY5')[2]
}
]

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Navansh 27 on at

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Found the solution

[
{
"Product Name": "Delta",
"Year-1": @{variables('ProductsArrayY1')[0]},
"Year-2": @{variables('ProductsArrayY2')[0]},
"Year-3": @{variables('ProductsArrayY3')[0]},
"Year-4": @{variables('ProductsArrayY4')[0]},
"Year-5": @{variables('ProductsArrayY5')[0]}
}
]

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MitchallC 6 on at

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Having a wierd issue when trying to recreate this. It seems to be working fine and the input log all looks good but on the excel sheet I am only seeing empty rows being added. Could be relevant that the "apply to each" action is being called in a switch case.

Array declaration:
[
  {
    "Required Access Right": "Advanced Find User"
  },
  {
    "Required Access Right": "All Staff"
  },
  {
    "Required Access Right": "Advanced Find User"
  },
  {
    "Required Access Right": "All Staff"
  },
  {
    "Required Access Right": "Advanced Find User"
  },
  {
    "Required Access Right": "All Staff"
  }
]

Input log from one of the row adding actions after test:
{
    "host": {
        "connectionReferenceName": "shared_excelonlinebusiness",
        "operationId": "AddRowV2"
    },
    "parameters": {
        "source": "sites/company_name_removed_for_anonimity",
        "drive": "b!a1NxJql1KUuI3gPt_dNfS7eoonavXEJIohOx5JUncCDxMYfU-rB9RpdvgEvggm-p",
        "file": "/Shared Documents/General/Temp/Mitch Cowell123 New Starter.xlsx",
        "table": "{10D46297-E8F3-4192-B232-18502F3D5E3F}",
        "item": {
            "Required Access Right": "All Staff"
        }
    }
}

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MasterRA 66 on at

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This solution does not help at all because it is only feasible for a few records but for more than 1000 records it becomes unbearable and inefficient, the problem is that the user has to generate a report where there are almost always 1000 records (between more or less). and the unthinkable thing is that it takes almost more than half an hour processing record by record; It is not a solution that helps me and more because in almost all questions of this style they always suggest this "solution", why has no one thought of a real solution that only gives an example with 5 records?

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Hakim_Bouc 19 on at

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@BeckyC @v-litu-msft

I found that power automate allow users to add only one row to excel, so I'm trying something else but I keep getting this error, any assistance please ?

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Navansh 27 on at

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Hi @Hakim_Bouc
The variable you have initialized is of type "Boolean", change it to type "Array" and the error will be resolved.

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takolota1 4,974 Moderator on at

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@MasterRA

This newly updated Office Scripts solution can intake any JSON array with keys/fields matching a table’s column header and update & create rows in batches

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Cookbook/Excel-Batch-Create-Update-and-Upsert/td-p/1624706

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TheFreeMan 48 on at

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A little late to the party, but this solution may work for you: https://www.matthewdevaney.com/quickly-add-multiple-rows-to-excel-table-in-power-automate/

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