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How to avoid Excel output being processed by alteryx

philosophy22
7 - Meteor
‎04-05-2022 11:23 PM

hello, there

 

I am using alteryx do some data analysis and using excel template as my output, when I finish my workflow it will override the template. However, I am confused when i open the output, it warns me excel is being processed by another user, but the alteryx workflow is finished in this situation. The excel only have read access. How can i avoid this situation when finish the workflow? Thanks in advance!

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21 - Polaris
21 - Polaris
‎04-06-2022 12:21 AM

@philosophy22 
There are 2 threads may help.

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Discussions/The-process-cannot-access-the-file-bec...

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Discussions/Locking-an-excel-file/td-p/824894

To conclude, check if there is another process is using the file, like some automation.

and are you outputting two data stream to the same Excel file with branch?

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