SQL to Excel

RE: SQL to Excel

Vladimir Vasilev — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 13:20:22 GMT

Mike, for me it does not make sense either, I saw a previous conversation where you have said you have a suggested adjustment to this with Appian. I also have opened a case to request adjustment. so far, no response. Thank you for the effort and the response.

RE: SQL to Excel

Mike Schmitt — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 13:07:28 GMT

[quote userid="42066" url="~/discussions/f/plug-ins/30246/sql-to-excel/120387#120387"]are you referring to Excel Tools plug-in? [/quote]

No, I'm referring to the out-of-box Export DSE to Excel node (the one that was supposed to "replace" the export CDT to excel and export SQL to excel nodes from Excel Tools, despite my criticisms).

If you call it subsequently on the same generated file and declare a different starting column, the expectation is that it should not clear out previously-written data.

EDIT: i've just tested it using a small ad-hoc interface, testing the "rule" version of this smart service (which i believe uses the same back-end as the smart service node), and can confirm that the behavior you described (clearing out the initial columns) is happening. I believe this is in error.
EDIT 2: per the instructions given for the inputs in the smart service, it seems as if the "clearing out prior values in the same row" behavior is expected, though to me it seems a bit nonsensical.

RE: SQL to Excel

Vladimir Vasilev — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 12:52:28 GMT

This is correct, are you referring to Excel Tools plug-in? Using that usually in the second execution results in erasing the first 50 columns data.

RE: SQL to Excel

Mike Schmitt — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 12:33:28 GMT

If you run the Export DSE to Excel smart service, you should be able to call it once for your first 50 columns, then again for any subsequent set(s) of columns you need.

RE: SQL to Excel

Vladimir Vasilev — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 21:37:48 GMT

Complicated, is there a way to export more than 50 columns in excel pivoting tabled with something else?

RE: SQL to Excel

Mike Schmitt — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 20:17:51 GMT

AFAIK you'll need to configure a basic SELECT statement to use for this smart service.