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How to copy input excel file in another New created folder

Akansha029
7 - Meteor

Hello Everyone,

Can someone please help me that I want to automate the process in which a new folder will be generated whenever my workflow runs and in that new generated folder my input files will be copied and after that in that copied file i want to overwrite my data . And second issue is in my input excel i am having some formulas written because of which i am getting error that cannot overwrite a cell that contains a formula....so can someone please suggest me with possible solutions .

 

Thanks

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randreag
11 - Bolide

hi @Akansha029 

 

For the first task of creating a new folder and move the files you can use batch files that contains the instructions and then calling this file with a run comand.

 

For example you have a file named command.bat and it contains

if not exist [pathNewfolder]  mkdir [pathNewfolder] 

move [pathfrom] [pathTo]

 

then you put the tool and call the file 

aruiz-itp_0-1619007610337.png

 

That's all.

For the second issue, i didn't really understand it 

 

I hope it helps

 

 

 

Akansha029
7 - Meteor

I actually didnt understand what you are trying to suggest and i want to copy the file so that output of the workflow will be overwritten on the copied file and the main input file remains the same

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