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How to ignore blank Rows when using List Table Rows in Power Automate

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Posted on by OE_APerron

Hello,

I have an Excel Online file saved in SharePoint that contains an Excel Table from which I'd like to List Rows and for Each item, Add a Row to another Table.

My first Table is refreshed periodically and never contains the same number of Rows, therefore I have a theoretical range set in my action "Create Excel Table" to make sure I'm not missing any lines:

The problem it's that it creates a thousands of blanks rows that I'm not able to filter out when listing my Table Rows:

length(body('Lister_les_lignes_présentes_dans_un_tableau')?['value'])

I've tried various posted solutions (Filter Array, set Variable, OData Filters) wihtout any success neither.

As anyone succeeded, in a similar Flow with Excel online Connectors?

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js-dattics 98 on at

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Salut @OE_APerron
I don't like working with Excel and Power Automate, I prefer CDS or Sharepoint Lists.
However, you could filter your Excel action as follows:
"Header A" should be any of your table's headers.
Try it and keep me posted.

Salut et bon courage de la Colombie.

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OE_APerron 5 on at

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Thanks @js-dattics ,
I tried the Filter Array yesterday and it failed, but with your reply I noticed what I was missing ! Thanks cause it works perfectly now and although it takes around an 45 min (due to apply to each for roughly 2000 rows), I'm able to move on to my next challenge 🙂
PS: I had failed to input proper Columns names in my Create Table action which was probably defaulting the names causing the Filter Array to fail (equivalent of not applying a filter):

Gracias desde Quebec, Canada,
Saludos,
AP

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Daniel42 2 on at

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Hi @js-dattics ! When I try to use this solution in my flow, I don't get the table's headers names in the list of dynamic content in the filter array. I do get the "value" in the From field. But in the first field of the "statement" I only have "value" and "body" in the list of dynamic content from "List rows presented in a table" step in my flow.
Any idea why I'm not getting the names of the table's headers?

/Daniel

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