The Excel component has three tabs for configuration.
In the 'File' tab you can link an Excel file to the RCE component. Note that the Excel file must be located within the workflow's project. Click "Link an Excel file ..." and navigate to the Excel file of your choice.
The 'Inputs/Outputs' tab can be used to create inputs and outputs for the Excel component. The configuration of the channels of both types is (mostly) similar. An RCE-channel is always connected to a specific Excel cell range. The button “Autodiscover” discovers automatically all input and output channels which are described as user-specific cell areas which start with “I_” for input-channels and with “O_” for output channels respectively.
The following list gives a short description of all channel configuration parameters:
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The name of the RCE-channel |
| Data Type | See RCE user guide (Coupling Workflow Components) |
| Handling | See RCE user guide (Coupling Workflow Components) |
| Constraint | See RCE user guide (Coupling Workflow Components) |
| Expand Cell Area (only input channels) | If the user does not know the size of the cell area which she wants to insert, this field can be set to true. Now the upper left cell area field can be selected in “Address”-parameter. From that address on the complete table will be inserted, ignoring existing cell entries |
| Delete empty entries (only output channels) | If a selected cell area contains empty rows at the end these will be cut off when setting this field to true. |
| Button "Select address in Excel file... " | To select a cell area in Excel this button opens the file in Microsoft Excel so the user can select a specific cell area. |
In the 'Macros' tab you can configure which VBA macros are to be run during runtime.
When in Microsoft Excel properties the access to the VBA-project object model is granted the macros are available VBA macros are discovered automatrically. All available macros can be chosen in the respective dropdown menu.