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Output to a merged excel cell

Paulomi
8 - Asteroid

Hi all, I'm trying to update a merged cell in Excel through Alteryx. I do not want to include reporting or table tools in this process. Is there a way to do that with a normal output tool? The idea is to write to a merge and center cell.

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Jean-Balteryx
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

Hi @Paulomi ,

 

Using the output tool you can write to a specific cell range, have you tried specifying your merged cell ?

 

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atcodedog05
22 - Nova
22 - Nova

Hi @Paulomi 

 

As @Jean-Balteryx suggested you can do like this.

 

Before:

atcodedog05_1-1627543631023.png

 

Output tool:

1. Configure to write to range

2. Output option to overwrite sheet.

3. set Preserve Formatting on overwrite 

 

atcodedog05_0-1627544250131.png

 

After:

atcodedog05_3-1627543760746.png

 

Hope this helps : )

Paulomi
8 - Asteroid

Hi, thank you both! I had done both of these steps, and still it wasn't working, which is why I came to this query. But as it turns out, there was a problem with the Excel itself. So, I changed the template and it worked! But, yes, what you highlighted above is the way to go with this. Thank you so much! 

 

Jean-Balteryx
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

You are welcome @Paulomi !

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