Create Separate Excel Files Based on Field Value

[gemma]

Hi everyone!

I'm just starting to get my feet wet with Microsoft Flow! It's exciting, but I need some advice! Can you seasoned Flow users offer a newbie some advice/point me in the right direction?

My goal is to read in an Excel file and split it into multiple Excel files based on the Location field. For my sample data below, I'd like to generate 3 files - one for Los Angeles, one for San Diego, and one for Santa Ana. 

So far, I've been able to use Filter Array for one city at a time, but how can I change this to dynamically filter for each city name? 

Here's my flow so far: 

Also, my Create File step generates a file, but I receive a "Couldn't Open the Workbook" message. How can I configure the Create File step to fix this issue?

[gemma]

Hi friends! I just wanted to bump so my question doesn't get lost! ❤️ I super appreciate your help! 

[v-bacao-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @gemma ,

Please try to use the following methods to configure the Flow.

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You may need to set the extension of the file to .xls. After testing, if you set extension to .xlsx, the file cannot be opened.

In addition, even if the file is set to .xls, some errors may occur, but you can ignore these errors and open the file. Then format the data in the Excel sheet into a table.

MS Flow does not seem to support such features at the moment, so only these parts can be implemented.

Please take a try.

Best Regards,

[gemma]

Thank you so much!! This was so helpful! 

[rslader]

Hi @v-bacao-msft,

I've tried to follow you example but getting the error below "InvalidTemplate"

My flow is below, please could you advise where I am going wrong?

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Thank you