Query Excel tables using Power Automate
This week I was asked three times about how to query Excel files using Power Automate. Time for a SharePains post on this subject.
This week I was asked three times about how to query Excel files using Power Automate . Time for a SharePains post on this subject.
I can’t stop myself from starting with a warning. Excel is not a database and it shouldn’t be used as such. Many people however seem to use Excel as a source of data, therefor I’m going to give in and write a post on how to query your data in Excel. If your Excel however is used as a database, please consider a better place for your data.
Table of Contents
- Is Excel a Database?
- Create a basic flow to query Excel
- Query data in Excel
- How to get around the space query issue – option 1?
- How to get around the space query issue – option 2?
Power Automate and Excel
Power Automate allows users to query Excel tables by using the "Get rows" action. This action allows users to select the columns they want to query and the conditions they want to use to filter the data. With this action, it is easy to query data from an Excel table and use it for further processing. Power Automate also allows users to update or delete the rows in the Excel table. This makes it very convenient to use Power Automate to manage Excel tables.
More links on about Power Platform/Power Automate
3 hours ago — This week I was asked three times about how to query Excel files using Power Automate. Time for a SharePains post on this subject.
Feb 24, 2023 — Run SQL queries on Excel files · In this article · Open a SQL connection to an Excel file · Open a SQL connection to a password-protected Excel ...
3 hours ago — This week I was asked three times about how to query Excel files using Power Automate. Time for a SharePains post on this subject.