# Open Excel WorkBook

This action is used to open an excel file resource for **reading** or **writing**. An internal reference object is created to be used to indicate this particular resource.

## **Properties**

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### **Input**

* **Excel Document**: file name for the target Excel document.
* **Document Path**: the relative path to the excel type file document. Absolute paths can also be used, but this defaults to the current working directory of the robot process.

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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**

* Open an Excel document downloaded from an external source
* Open an Excel document received by email
* Open an empty Excel document in order to paste data and manipulate it in a report

### **Examples of Using Open Excel Workbook**

**Example**

In this example, the robot will access an Excel file and capture a cell value.

Watch the robot in action:

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You can see how the **Open 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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Get Cell Value sample project
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