Detect Excel
This article provides information on the following topics:
- What is the Detect Excel Action?
- Creating a Detect Excel Action
Note: The Actions Quick Reference provides a complete list of actions that you can print for easy reference.
What is the Detect Excel Action?
The Detect Excel Action force detects the running Excel workbooks. Before Nintex RPA can interact with a workbook, it must first be aware that the workbook is open. Nintex RPA is designed to automatically detect Excel workbooks when they are opened. In certain scenarios, a workbook may not be detected due to how the workbook loads into memory. In these cases, a Detect Excel Action can be added to a Botflow to instruct Nintex RPA to look through all the running Excel workbooks and detect any that may have been missed when it was first opened.
Note: The Detect Excel Action is slow to execute, therefore use this Action sparingly to maximize speed. In most cases, this Action is not needed.
Creating a Detect Excel Action
Select
Advanced Actions 
to expand the Action list. Select theDetect
Excel 
Action
from the Actions list to display the Action Builder.
There are no special settings for this Action.
Optionally add Notes
to the Action to document any special instructions
or functionality. When the Run Switch
is set to Run, the action
will be executed after clicking OK.
Note: The run switch is set to Run by default. To create or modify this action without executing it, click the slider to change the option to Don't Run. For more information, see Action Builder.
Click the OK
button 
to save the Action.