Additional actions and features

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To write data to the first available cell in a given column, use the Get first free row on column from Excel worksheet action.

Screenshot of Get first free row on column Excel worksheet action properties dialog.

The Read and Write actions can use the currently selected cell as a point of reference. Use the Get selected cell range from Excel worksheet action for this purpose by providing the indices of the first and last column and row of the selection.

Screenshot of Get selected cell range Excel worksheet action properties dialog.

To change the selected cells, use the Select cells in Excel worksheet action. Set the Select option to Range of cells to select cells by specifying the upper-left and bottom-right corner cells.

Screenshot of Select cells in Excel worksheet action properties dialog.

Alternatively, set the Select option to Range of cells relative to active cell to select many cells from the currently selected cell.

To activate a particular cell, use the Activate cell in Excel worksheet action. In the Activate field, you can either choose to specify a cell by its coordinates (Absolutely specified cell) or relative to the currently active cell (Relatively specified cell).

Screenshot of Activate Cell in Excel Worksheet action properties dialog.

It's also possible to insert and delete columns and rows by using the appropriate actions; however, you're required to specify a column or row index. In insertion, the row or column will be added before the one that is specified.

Screenshot of Insert row to Excel worksheet action properties dialog.

It's now possible to resize the selection of columns or rows in the active worksheet of an Excel instance

Screenshot of Properties of resize columns rows.

The Run Excel macro action runs a specified macro saved in the workbook. Specify the name of the macro and any parameters separated by semicolons (;).

Screenshot of Properties of 'Run Excel macro' action dialog

For example, a workbook used by the sales department at Contoso Inc. contains a macro called OrderStatus. The macro requires two arguments, the order number and the username, and returns a customer's order status. To look up order number 778 for the username Rbotas, the Macro field in the properties of the action would have to be formatted as follows:

OrderStatus;778;Rbotas

To use variables rather than providing values directly, format the input as follows:

%MacroName%;%OrderNumber%;%UserName%