Adding hyperlinks to excel

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#1

Hi All,

I have an interesting use case wherein i have an excel file which has in it’s first column some file names.

What i need to do now is for each of these file names in my first column i need to check whether the file exist in my local folder.(The files resides in my system, i just need to check if the file name from my excel file is there in the local folder or not).

If the file exists i need to create a hyperlink in the excel sheet for the given filename.

Attaching the first column of my excel sheet(Second image) and my folder(First image)Uipath1

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#2

@shekhawat.arjun1307
have a look on this activity:
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#3

Thanks @ppr but i was kind of looking for the entire process from fetching the file names from excel and then seeing if the named file exists in the folder.

#4

a flow could in general look like this:

  • readin excel - read range
  • iterate over the datatable - for each row activity
  • check if file exists - file exists activity
  • if activity: then branch# add hyperlink #else branch: do alternate action
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#5

@ppr The add hyperlink activity writes directly inside the excel whereas unitl this point i an doing manipulations inside the data table, will it not cause issue?

#6

And also in the insert hyperlink activity you have to specify the cell name which would become static but for me i need to increment it.

#7

for this you can use the index (maybe with offset correction) output form for each row

#8

Could you elaborate more i am comparatively new to UiPath.

#9

Hi @shekhawat.arjun1307 ,

Check this below article it might help you

Thanks!

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#10

This is the exact solution i was looking for - https://forum.uipath.com/t/about-your-solution-for-adding-hyperlink-in-excel/292185.

Thanks @Manjuts90

#11

this post in not open could you please share solution

#12

Here is the file.
Hyperlink.zip (154.5 KB)

#13

“=HYPERLINK(B”+(rowIndex+2).ToString+",B"+(rowIndex+2).ToString+")"

could you please explain of this what is B here and rowindex