# Close Excel WorkBook

This action is used to **close** an excel file resource that has been previously **opened**. It is good practice to close any open resources as potential data loss and/or corruption may occur otherwise.

## **Properties**

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### **Input**

* **Excel Document**: file name for the target Excel document.
* **Save Changes**: a Boolean value (True/False) which specifies whether or not to save any changes made to the above-mentioned target Excel Document. 
  * True: default value, meaning that any changes are saved
  * False: any changes are not saved

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### **Misc**

* **Display Name**: action display name in your implementation project
* **Wait Before**: number milliseconds robot to wait before executing the action.
* **Wait After:** number milliseconds robot to wait until moving to the next action.
* **Abort on Error**: True/False
* **Retry Times**: Specifies the number of times to retry an action if it doesn't end successfully. Default value 0 (no retry); Use -1 if you want to retry indefinitely. 

## **Use Case**

### **Potential Use Cases**

* Close an excel file representing a financial report after performing several financial analysis calculations
* Close an excel file representing the master data list after adding one more item
* Close an excel file representing sales orders after adding one more item

### **Examples of Using Close Excel Workbook**

**Example**

In this example, the robot will access an Excel file, change a value, and then close the Excel file.

Watch the robot in action:

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You can see how **Close Excel Workbook** activity is used in an example that incorporates multiple activities. You can check and download the example from here:

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Set Cell Value sample project
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