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Posted on by FC-06081904-0

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After counting the rows in an Excel file, cell C2 contains the total. How can I turn this into a variable for a for each loop? Thanks!

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Deenuji_Loganathan_ 6,250 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi FC-06081904-0,

You can read the C2 value using "Read from Excel" action and assign into variable then you can use that variable in the for each loop.

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PAD code(Copy and paste the below code into your power automate desktop flows):
Excel.LaunchExcel.LaunchAndOpenUnderExistingProcess Path: $'''C:\\Deenu\\Book1.xlsx''' Visible: True ReadOnly: False Instance=> ExcelInstance Excel.ReadFromExcel.ReadNamedCell Instance: ExcelInstance CellName: $'''C2''' ReadAsText: False TrimEmptyCells: False RangeValue=> ExcelData SET TotalRows TO ExcelData[0][0]

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mathiaskjeldsen 224 on at

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Hi

Automating Excel tasks are quite heavily supported in Power Automate Desktop. You're situation would require you to assign the cell to a variable by using Set Variable action. If you need a visual representation of it, I've done something quite similar here: Automate Excel finance tasks with Power Automate Desktop.

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Mathias Kjeldsen

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