Excel automation in Power Automate for desktop

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Power Automate for desktop provides an extensive variety of Microsoft Excel actions to help you read and manipulate Excel files.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

  • Open Excel files and attach a process to an already opened file.
  • Use the Excel group of actions to read data from and write data to an Excel file.
  • Create and edit worksheets.
  • Save and close Excel files.

Prerequisites

A basic understanding of how to use the Power Automate for desktop console and flow designer, and familiarity with Microsoft Excel.