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A flow to fill out an Excel column with input variable

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Posted on by NicoApps 23

Hi,

 

I need to build a flow to populate values for an empty column of an Excel file. 

 

So, in my OneDrive for business, I have a blank Excel file. I copy and paste a batch of values into this table. I now need to sequentially fill out a column in this dataset, with a value that starts with a number and it should go on incrementally. how could that be achieved? 

 

Thanks

 

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    v-xiaochen-msft Microsoft Employee on at

    HI @NicoApps ,

     

    I made a sample for you.

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    Best Regards,

    Wearsky

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    grantjenkins 11,063 Moderator on at

    If you're already going in to manually paste the data to the Excel Table, then why don't you just add the first couple of values into your blank column, then use the fill handle to copy the values down (will automatically increment the numbers for you).

     

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