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Increment Excel number series

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Posted on by Pat_Wickramage 126

Hi All,

Having bit a of a trouble while trying to increment a number series on a table.

Basically the last number is read from a PostgreSQL database and posted on the first line.

I can get that done, but cannot increment it to the rest of the lines.

Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.

My project is in a standstill coz of this.

Cheers

 

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    Achavan 286 on at

    Hi @Pat_Wickramage ,

    1. Initialize variable of type integer and initialize with value (which is first row number/key)

    2. apply to each looping

    3. Use increment variable 

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    Pat_Wickramage 126 on at

    Thanks @Achavan 
    I tried that.

    But it was on a infinite loop updating the entire column rather than each cell.
    And 'loop until' is a problem cause the number of rows keep changing based on daily export.

    Have I missed something?

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    flavia.takushi on at

    @Pat_Wickramage. see this example of flow and check if it works:

    You may have to adjust the trigger and parameters according to your needs.

     

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    Cellvalue: int(items('Apply_to_each')?['AD_User_Training_ID'])

     

    If this helps you, please mark as solution.

  • Pat_Wickramage Profile Picture
    Pat_Wickramage 126 on at

    Thanks guys figured it out.
    This is all I had to do.

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    If it's a never ending one, use 'do-until'
    Cheers

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