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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Opening excel with RPA</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/rpa/30272/opening-excel-with-rpa</link><description>Hello, 
 I&amp;#39;m trying to open an Excel file on my local using Appian RPA. The execution log shows the action is successful (refer to the screenshot below) but the file did not open. I tried moving the file to different folders but it didn&amp;#39;t work. Can someone</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Opening excel with RPA</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/120398?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 13:31:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:5061b06a-b6c5-4685-a8d3-53e1b138fea8</guid><dc:creator>Tien Bui</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/23.3/rpa-9.4/actions-excel-nolicense.html"&gt;License not Required Excel actions&lt;/a&gt; don&amp;#39;t explicitly open Excel on your screen (it assumes you don&amp;#39;t need an Excel license or Excel application) but allows you to read/write/interact with the workbook by reading the contents into memory.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you want to test with the Excel application installed, you&amp;#39;ll want to use the &lt;a href="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/23.3/rpa-9.4/actions-excel-license-required.html"&gt;License Required&lt;/a&gt; set of Excel actions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>