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Copy data from one excel to another excel file

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Posted on by jafers 8

Hi 

I am new to this PAD and just started working on. 

I usually download the excel attachment from email and copy data then paste to my excel report saved in my desktop. 

I figured retrieving email/get files using PAD. But the filename is dynamic and unable to run everyday without manual selection of files. 

 

For Ex: 

Filename is PL_13556433215.xlsx 

2nd day Filename is PL_5464385654656.xlsx

and so on. 

 

Tried rename the files by replace text with wild card character(PL*) but not working. 

 

Any solution will be much helpful. 

 

Thanks 

Jafer

 

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    MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

    Get files from folder:  PL_*.xlsx

     

    On the "Get files from folder" parameter box, click Advanced.  Here you can SORT by LAST MODIFIED, DESCENDING.

     

    Now, your latest PL_ file will always be %Files[0]% indicating the first file in the list.

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    jafers 8 on at

    Thank you @MichaelAnnis . That works well. 

     

    I have one more query. Is there any option to open two excel file at the same time and extract the data to other excel files?

     

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    MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

    Yes. Although I personally use Excel VBA for anything that is strictly in Excel.  It is must faster and easier to build, but if you just want to copy a specific range from one sheet and paste it in another sheet in a different workbook, you can build that pretty easy using the excel actions available in PAD. 

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    jafers 8 on at

    Thank you @MichaelAnnis I will work on Excel VBA then. 

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