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Posted on by CharlesBrewer 697

Hello,

 

I don't know if this is a Power Apps question or Automate question, but I have a button in my App to export gallery data to Excel, which of course is done in automate.  It puts the columns in alphabetical order, however, which I don't want, I want a particular order. Is this something that can be done within powerapps?

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  • v-zhoqian-msft Profile Picture
    v-zhoqian-msft Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @CharlesBrewer ,

     

    Did you pass the collection into a flow from the app, then create a csv table, and use it to create an excel file?

    If so, you can use the following similar code to generate a csv table in the app, and then pass it to the flow to create the file.

     

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    Best Regards,

    Community Support Team _ habsburg Qian

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  • CharlesBrewer Profile Picture
    CharlesBrewer 697 on at

    Hey there @v-zhoqian-msft ,

    Sorry for the delay I've been out. I am a little confused by your ClearCollect because it looks like you defining the data as if it's static? My data would be a bit more dynamic so I don't know if that would work, or am I misunderstanding?

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    v-zhoqian-msft Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @CharlesBrewer ,

     

    If you want to use the data source of the gallery, the same applies. The key is the order of the columns in the Concat function. The result will be based on this order.

     

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    Best Regards,

    Habsburg Qian

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it.

     

  • AryaKar Profile Picture
    AryaKar 2 on at

    Hi @v-zhoqian-msft ,

     

    My code is quite big and I am getting the same issue. How do i correct the code to get the export without alphabetical ordering.

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    My export looks like this:

    AryaKar_1-1698052755370.png

     

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