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If a cell in excel is empty populate with 0

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I am trying to populate data in an excel spreadsheet, this will then be used later in other flows to populate ms Lists etc.

 

I have a column where the filed is formatted as general, but has a numbers (Incident number) in it. some of these fields do not have anything in. in these instances i would like a 0 (zero) to be populated.

 

Here is the set up

MW13_0-1720615765730.png

The condition is as follows

MW13_1-1720615815145.png

 

When executed this flow fails to populate with the following detail

MW13_2-1720615940719.png

The final part of the flow the 'True' statement should populate the empty cells in the column with 0 as follows

MW13_3-1720616036476.png

where am i going wrong? Have i misunderstood the final screen shot where i understand this is the value that should populated?

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  • Michael E. Gernaey Profile Picture
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    Hi @MW13 

     

    Its seems the flow is triggering properly to the Yes side, correct?

     

    However, you put the Dynamic Property value which would just put the same thing back.

    You want to put

    either 0 or '0' instead for the Key Value


    If I have helped you, I would really appreciate if you please Mark my answer as Resolved/Answered, and give it a thumbs up, so it can help others

    Cheers

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    Michael Gernaey MCT | MCSE | MCP | Self-Contractor| Ex-Microsoft
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  • MW13 Profile Picture
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    Thanks.

    I updated as suggested but still does not update the empty cells with 0 as expected.

     

    What i think the flow should do

    1. check column - Incident Number

    2. Is cell empty - No = Ignore and move on. Yes = Update with a 0

    3. move on to next cell in that column and repeat step 2

     

    What i get when i expect the cell to be updated is

    ActionBranchingConditionNotSatisfied

    The execution of template action 'Update_a_row' skipped: the branching condition for this action is not satisfied.
     
    MW13_1-1720687766099.png

     

     

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