refresh excel every morning

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Hello everyone,

i try the following.

A workflow that every morning open my excel file, refreshed it, saves and close again.

What would the process look like? 🤗

Thank you in advance

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RemcoV16 52 on at

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Hi,

Are you working in an Excel Online file?
In that case, you can have a Flow run every day "Reoccurence" and have an Excel Script refresh the data.
If you're unfamiliar with this or unsure how to do so, let me know, and I'll show you.

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Remco

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SQL-Power 24 on at

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Hi @RemcoV16 ,

yes. Please show me how i can update this. I thank you very much. 🙂

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SQL-Power

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RemcoV16 52 on at

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Hi,

First ensure that your Excel file is stored in an online location (Like Drive or SharePoint). Not sure how it works with an offline Excel file. Then, I would build something like this:

The Flow triggers daily at 8:00 AM now and runs a created script (similar to Excel Macro's).
You can either record the script yourself, or paste the code below in a new script.

function main(workbook: ExcelScript.Workbook) {
// Refresh all data connections
workbook.refreshAllDataConnections();
}

Both can be done via the "Automate" Tab in Excel (see highlighted below (even though in Dutch)):
After refreshing the data, the Flow will send an email to the email-address filled in.

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Remco

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SQL-Power 24 on at

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Thank for your solution but i have a little problem.

i cant see my script although i creates one.

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RemcoV16 52 on at

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Can you see your script within Excel Online? Otherwise it might not have saved correctly.
If you have added the script with your Flow open, be sure to save the Flow, refresh the page and try again.

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SQL-Power 24 on at

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i dont know why i cant see my script ... 😕 i already saved an close the excel file

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RemcoV16 52 on at

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If you open your Excel online, do you see the script?

If it does not show here, your Flow won't find it either.

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SQL-Power 24 on at

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Thank you very much for your efforts. I managed to create.
But unfortunately I am still faced with one of the following questions / problems.

I created the workflow and I want it to run every minute.
After the workflow was successfully completed, I opened the Excel list, which is saved on my desktop, and the data has not been updated: /
Do I have to make further settings in the Excel list?

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RemcoV16 52 on at

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Hi,

I'm unsure whether you are able to do this with a file that is stored on your desktop.
Could you try saving the Flow in SharePoint or Drive, and see if the file gets updated that way?

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SQL-Power 24 on at

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the code isn't working
and the excel file is in the onedrive 🙂

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