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Microsoft Excel

The Microsoft Excel node allows you to automate work in Microsoft Excel, and integrate Microsoft Excel with other applications. Robbot Automation has built-in support for a wide range of Microsoft Excel credentials, including adding and retrieving lists of table data, and workbooks, as well as getting worksheets.

On this page, you'll find a list of operations the Microsoft Excel node supports and links to more resources.

!!! note "Credentials" Refer to Microsoft Excel credentials for guidance on setting up authentication.

!!! note "Examples and templates" For usage examples and templates to help you get started, take a look at Robbot Automation's Microsoft Excel list.

Basic Operations​

  • Table
    • Adds rows to the end of the table
    • Retrieve a list of tablecolumns
    • Retrieve a list of tablerows
    • Looks for a specific column value and then returns the matching row
  • Workbook
    • Adds a new worksheet to the workbook.
    • Get data of all workbooks
  • Worksheet
    • Get all worksheets
    • Get worksheet content

Example Usage​

This workflow allows you to get information about all workbooks from Microsoft Excel. You can also find the workflow on the website. This example usage workflow would use the following two nodes.

1. Start node​

The start node exists by default when you create a new workflow.

2. Microsoft Excel node​

  1. First of all, you'll have to enter credentials for the Microsoft Excel node. You can find out how to do that here.
  2. Select the 'Get All' option from the Operation dropdown list.
  3. Click on Save to run the workflow.