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Using Data OLEDB to extract X rows from a spreadsheet?

ChloeMacIntosh
Level 4
​Hello,

I am trying to use the Data OLEDB object to extract rows from excel - the reason I am not using Excel VBO is due to pop-ups within the excel files which cause this standard practice to be slightly unstable.

I have set up a process to extract all rows from excel using the Data OLEDB actions, however one particular file is throwing a System Out of Memory exception due to the amount of data in it - so I was hoping to extract say 500 rows at a time, cleanse the data, then loop back around.

Can someone please advise the next steps towards achieving this?

Thanks,
Chloe

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Chloe MacIntosh
Automation Developer
Zurich Insurance
UK
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MichalSzumski
Level 6
Hi Chloe,

Are You using "Show" action when operating with Excel VBO? We had similar problem with Excel pop-ups and disabling visibility of Excel worked for us.

Best regards
Michal

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Michal Szumski
RPA developer
Rockwell Automation
Europe/Warsaw
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Hi Michal,

I have tried this and the so​lution is now working - thank you.

Kind regards,
Chloe

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Chloe MacIntosh
Automation Developer
Zurich Insurance
Europe/London
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