Infinite buffering in the locals panel while using "Use Excel File" activity

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Hello all,

I never thought I would need to post here but alas, here I am.

So let me get to the gist of it:

Whenever I use the “Use Excel File” activity and I go step by step into the Sequence and activity to see what exactly is being done and what is going on with my variables, the locals panel keeps buffering until I stop the debug run.

Basically I can track the progress of the variables and changes before the “use excel file” activity, but what happens withing the activity is a complete mystery, I tried everything.

Yeah Im stumped.

Screenshot for reference.

A screenshot of an Excel automation workflow in a software development environment, displaying various steps and parameters for processing data within an Excel file and logging messages. (Captioned by AI)
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And no the datatable is not empty, it was filtered like that so the log messages display the empty rows at the end.
I also cant upload the workflow.

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Hi!

What version of Studio are you running, and what package version are you using for your Excel Activities?

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Studio 2023.10.6 I sadly cant update it since its on a remote machine and the update will be applied to all Users using the Machine, which is not very convenient since there are approximately about 50 Non-Personal-Users connected to the machine and about 1-3 processes tied to every NPU.

Excel Activities v2.22.4 cant go higher than that sadly…

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Hello @antonio.grgic

Not sure if it helps but have you tried:

  • Rebooting the machine
  • Running the installation again to repair
  • Resetting settings in Studio
  • Removing/re-adding the Excel.Activities package

Other suggestions:

  • (Beware) Run CCleaner (erase files and cleanup registry)
  • Clear %temp%
  • Uninstall/reinstall UiPath Studio

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Sorry I forgot to mention, its a remote virtual machine.

I cant update, reinstall or add external programs like CCleaner nor can I update or reinstall already existing programs, that is done by our companies IT-department of which I have no control over nor any detail if and when Studio will be updated.

I tried resetting the settings and readding the packages to no avail.

I dont want to mess with the %temp% files because it might cause issues with the other NPU’s

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Ok.

I think the path to solving this lies in collaborating with the IT-department.
Perhaps a simple reboot or repair might fix the problem.

Regards
Soren

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