Write output to excel only when workflow runs on friday

Hi,

I have a workflow where I only want to append data to existing excel file when DateTimeFormat (DateTimeToday(), "%A") = "Friday", otherwise I don't want to touch the file even if the workflow runs on weekdays other than friday. How do I do this?

Thanks in advance,

Deevi

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JosephSerpis

Hi @Deevi I mocked up a workflow that shows how to do this let me know what you think?

Append_Data_20072020.yxzp

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JosephSerpis

Hi @Deevi I mocked up a workflow that shows how to do this let me know what you think?

Append_Data_20072020.yxzp

RWvanLeeuwen

Hi @Deevi ,

I think that you will like using the Crew Conditional Runner macro.
http://www.chaosreignswithin.com/p/macros.html

Using the logic statement that you built, you can let that helper workflow with the conditional runner start the workflow you already have or not at all.

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Deevi

@JosephSerpis Thanks, works great when I have to append data, will something similar work for Overwrite Sheet (Drop) method ?

@RWvanLeeuwen Thanks!! I am not sure if I can download external macros, I will check first and then try this method!

JosephSerpis

Hi @Deevi Overwrite Sheet (Drop) will as its says will overwrite a the sheet and erase any previous data. If you want to append data using that method you would need to ensure you brought in the data from existing excel into the workflow and output it with any new data.

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