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[Advanced Excel] Cell_WriteRange Date Formatting
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Can I apply the Date format to a number of columns? 

I have the issue that date is rendered as general and looks like this:

While in the original it is formatted correctly: 

I assumed I could use the NumberFormat attribute of CellFormat_ApplyToRage, however I cant find any documentation on which values I can give this attribute, nor any examples in the Demo app. 

I have tried some values such as "Date" or "ShortDate" but they generate something like this, not the desired result as seen in picture 2:

Also note the "ss" prefixed to the headers, in our environment we are limited to Stable releases only, is there another workaround for this?


2018-12-10 12-16-21
Goncalo Duarte Almeida

Hi Fred.

Related to the date formatting I faced the same issue and the solution was to apply a custom date format to the cells and works for me.


Related to the prefix, already exists another topic: https://www.outsystems.com/forums/discussion/59112/advanced-excel-all-headers-are-prefixed-with-ss/

Regards,

´Gonçalo Almeida


2020-03-27 18-58-43
Fred Derks

Care to share what custom date format you used?

I am familiar with the thread about the ss prefix, that's why I specifically pointed out we are restricted to Stable releases and can not install an "Under Development" version.

Cheers, Fred

2022-02-28 05-37-25
Ronny

Hi Fred,

In my case, i use the following celltype "Text" and my cellvalue is formatted using FormatDateTime buit in function

https://success.outsystems.com/Documentation/11/Reference/OutSystems_Language/Logic/Built-in_Functions/Format#FormatDateTime

2020-03-27 18-58-43
Fred Derks

I am using the Cell_WriteRange action because I'm basically converting 5 JSON files to an excel sheet each and adding those together in one workbook. The flow is slow enough as it is, I don't think it would be beneficial to use Cell_WriteByIndex in my case

2018-12-10 12-16-21
Goncalo Duarte Almeida

If you can share the Json where this issue is it would be more helpful to see the use case.

Regards

Gonçalo Almeida

2020-03-27 18-58-43
Fred Derks

It starts with a multi-sheet Excel that gets converted into a record for every sheet:

The full JSON files for TestSet 7 are attached in a single file:


JSONSheetsOS.txt
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