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Excel as database and not getting date and time as output

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Posted on by Jprajapati1022 4

Hello I am using power automate desktop,
Where i am treating excel as database, and using sql statement to get the data and time from excel to data table variable.
I have a column in excel which is in date format and time in general format.

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I am using sql statement as:

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and the output i am getting in data table variable is:

The date and total Attn column is coming blank.

 

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    Jprajapati1022 4 on at

    Can anyone help please

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    ThomasFonn 273 on at

    Hi @Jprajapati1022 

     

    Here are a few things I need you to either clarify or try to alter to verify if the behavior stays the same:

    1. Are these values stored as formulas or as normal values?
    2. Are you sure there aren't any hidden whitespaces in column headers in Excel?
      (for example: "Total Attn " instead of "Total attn")
    3. I'm not sure about this but, the name "Date" may be reserved in that SQL-dialect and you may need to indicate somehow that its the verbatim version of "Date" you want, and not the type
      You may have to use double brackets [[Date]] or back quotes [`Date`] to do this, i'm not sure.

     

    If any of these works, please comment to let us know which one

     

    Best Regards
    Thomas Fonn

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