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Clearing Data in Template before Overwrite

pmelikian
7 - Meteor

Hello,

 

I have a workflow that overwrites data within a .xlsx template. The overwrite works fine but I am having issues when the data that was previously there is larger than what it is being overwritten (see example senerio below). Is there a way to clear a data range before it gets overwritten? or possibly fill in the remaining lines with null values?

 

Example: Say there was 10 lines of data on a template and I run the workflow and overwrite the file with new data that is only 5 lines. I am still seeing 10 lines of data. 5 lines of new data + the bottom 5 from the previous dataset that did not get overwritten. 

 

Any advice is appreciated here.

 

thanks

 

Paul 

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Luke_C
17 - Castor

@gaitonde25 - can you confirm you're using the folders that were created when you exported the yxzp package? What's the error on the output tool?

Baz123
8 - Asteroid

Thanks for posting this @Luke_C 

 

I had tried so many other ways to output to a template - including using a blob like so many suggested, and this way works perfectly!

blingen
7 - Meteor

@Luke_C -- Just used your solution! Appreciate you sharing!

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