Excel write range hangs when datatable updated?

Help
1

Hi

First post from a noob here.

This is what I want to do

  1. Read data from an Excel workbook to a datatable variable.

  2. Do some looping (the logic is not important here) and update the last column of the datatable. This uses an assign action like row(“Result”) = some string value.

  3. Use write range to output the updated datatable to a new Excel workbook

Sounds simple. My problem is that it just hangs at step 3. I have to kill Excel with task manager.

Using Output Data Table to view the updated table as a string shows that the last column is correctly updated.

When investigating, I found that writing to new workbook works Ok when the datatable is unchanged. This suggests that the issue is because I have updated the datatable and perhaps changes need to be commited?

I also tried the following:
A. Use a clone of the datatable for write range. This doesn’t hang, but the data does not contain the required changes.

B. I added an Invoke method to call the AcceptChanges method on the datatable before write range. This still hangs.

Help much appreciated

best regards
John

2

The auto numbering corrupted on first attempt. Below is step 3.

Step 3: Use write range to output the updated datatable to a new Excel workbook

3

Hi,
I was able to “Write Range” after updating the datatable.
There’re two “Write Range” activity in UiPath but both works fine.

See my sample flow and please let me know if I misunderstand what you want to do.
WriteRangeAfterUpdatingDatatable.zip (10.3 KB)

I recommend you to upload your xaml file if possible so that more knowledgeable members can easily offer you help :slight_smile:

4

Hi a-taniya,

Thank you for your prompt and informative example.

On examination, I was assigning a datatable value from a generic data type. The hanging issue was fixed once I appended .ToString to the variable assignment to update the column value.

best regards
John