Excel Tools

Hello,

I have updated Excel Tools plug-in to latest version (v2.2.6) and noticed below error in stdout logs:

2019-09-23 09:38:22,104 [Timer-5] INFO com.appiancorp.cache.sail.StatefulSailCacheImpl - Stateful SAIL current memory cache entries=8 size=201744 bytes
ERROR: Bundle com.appiancorp.ps.exceltools [49] Unable to get module class path. (java.lang.NullPointerException)
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleRevisionImpl.calculateContentPath(BundleRevisionImpl.java:431)
at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleRevisionImpl.initializeContentPath(BundleRevisionImpl.java:368)
at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleRevisionImpl.getContentPath(BundleRevisionImpl.java:354)
at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleRevisionImpl.getResourceLocal(BundleRevisionImpl.java:493)
at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleWiringImpl.findClassOrResourceByDelegation(BundleWiringImpl.java:1511)
at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleWiringImpl.getResourceByDelegation(BundleWiringImpl.java:1420)
at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleWiringImpl$BundleClassLoader.getResource(BundleWiringImpl.java:2430)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.am.wd.run(wd.java:49)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.am.GlobalProperties.a(GlobalProperties.java:146)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.am.GlobalProperties.d(GlobalProperties.java:100)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.am.dr.run(dr.java:124)
at java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Timer.java:555)
at java.util.TimerThread.run(Timer.java:505)
java.lang.NullPointerException

We are running on Appian v19.3. Can you please help me understand and find a fix for the above error?

Thanks in advance.

Hello,

I have an issue with exporting data to excel. I need to export links in the excel file. I am currently using the ExportableDataSubset CDT and defining the columns where I need the links with an Excel function hyperlink ( “=HYPERLINK(“LINK”;”NAME”)” ). The problem with this method is that Excel does not recognize automatically the function I’m giving, I need to click on the function for them to calculate and show the link. This is not practical at all when I have to export over 50 links…

I would like to use the smart service “Export SQL data to Excel” included in this plug-in to use an Excel template and so that it could recognize instantly the links. The problem is that I can’t delete the former version of the ExportableDataSubset CDT to install the plug-in (the application I’m working on already use this CDT and I can’t modify this part of the app). If I install the plug-in nonetheless, the smart service “Export SQL data to Excel“ is deprecated.

So how is it possible to use an Excel template without suppressing the “ExportableDataSubset” CDT ? Or do you know another way to export links in Excel?

Thank you in advance,

My best regards,

Import CSV to Database V3, is this smart service functional ?  I get the below error message : Unknown column 'NAME,ADDRESS' in 'field list' though my CSV file column names are exact same and aligned with DB column names as well.

This error seems to indicate that your input for the "Data Source Name" parameter is incorrect.  Typically for a cloud site this will be the string "jdbc/Appian"

Unfortunately, this isn't currently an option.  Typically this handled by having a staging table that takes in all of the columns and then running a stored procedure to transfer from the staging table to the actual table.

Hi All,

Can't we import only a specific columns from csv to database.

Requirement:

I have a csv with 10 Columns, out of which I want to import only 5 column into the database.

ColumnNames property in the import csv to DB plugin is not working it seems.

Any inputs?

Thanks in advance.

Hi, is there any guide on how to configure the Import Excel to Database element? Actually I got this error: "org.apache.naming.NamingContext cannot be cast to javax.sql.DataSource"

We've just upgraded Excel Tools to the latest version (2.2.5) from 2.2.4 and shortly thereafter the STDOUT logs have been filling up with the following message:- 

ERROR: Bundle com.appiancorp.ps.exceltools [56] Unable to get module class path. (java.lang.NullPointerException)
java.lang.NullPointerException

Has anyone seen this before, know what it means and how to resolve? 

Running 19.2 on AppianCloud.  

Hi - check the comments above as the lack of the functionality has proven an issue for other practitioners for a while now. No ideal direct replacement exists unless you can use some of the out of the box functionality to achieve your use case. 

is "Parse Excel to CDT" service not available in v19.1? if not what is it's alternative?