Excel Online (OneDrive)

Excel Online (OneDrive) connection provider lets you work with Excel files stored in OneDrive. This connection provider only supports personal (MSA) accounts.

This connector is available in the following products and regions:

Service Class Regions
Logic Apps Standard All Logic Apps regions
Flow Standard All Flow regions
PowerApps Standard All PowerApps regions

Known Issues and Limitations

  • The maximum size of an Excel file that is supported by the Excel Online (OneDrive) connector is 5 MB.
  • The data may not be up to date (there may be some delay) when filtering or sorting is used in the List rows present in a table action.
  • The List rows present in a table action supports basic filtering and sorting:
    • Supports the following filter functions: eq, ne, contains, startswith, endswith.
    • Only 1 filter function can be applied on a column.
    • Only 1 column can be used for sorting.
  • An Excel file may be locked in OneDrive for an update or delete up to 12 minutes since the last use of the connector.
  • A single Excel file should be used by a single connection to prevent writing data from multiple connections and possible data inconsistency.
  • The connector supports files only in Microsoft Excel Open XML Spreadsheet format (*.xlsx).

Throttling Limits

Name Calls Renewal Period
API calls per connection10060 seconds

Actions

Add a key column to a table

Add a key column to an Excel table.
Add a row into a table

Add a new row into the Excel table.
Add a row into a table [DEPRECATED]

Add a new row into the Excel table.
Create table

Create a new table in the Excel workbook.
Create worksheet

Create a new worksheet in the Excel workbook.
Delete a row

Delete a row using a key column.
Get a row

Get a row using a key column.
Get tables

Get a list of tables in the Excel workbook.
Get worksheets

Get a list of worksheets in the Excel workbook.
List rows present in a table

List rows present in a table.
Update a row

Update a row using a key column.

Add a key column to a table

Operation ID:
CreateIdColumn

Add a key column to an Excel table.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
 file True string

Select an Excel file through File Browse.
Table
 table True string

Select a table from the drop-down.
Key Column
 idColumn string

Provide the key column name.

Add a row into a table

Operation ID:
AddRowV2

Add a new row into the Excel table.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
 file True string

Select an Excel file through File Browse.
Table
 table True string

Select a table from the drop-down.
Row
 item True dynamic

Row to add into the specified Excel table.

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

Add a row into a table [DEPRECATED]

Operation ID:
AddRow

Add a new row into the Excel table.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
 file True string

Select an Excel file through File Browse.
Table
 table True string

Select a table from the drop-down.
Row
 item True dynamic

Row to insert into the specified Excel table.

Returns

Create table

Operation ID:
CreateTable

Create a new table in the Excel workbook.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
 file True string

Select an Excel file through File Browse.
Table name
 TableName string

Enter the Excel table name.
Table range
 Range True string

Enter the table address using A1 notation.
Columns names
 ColumnsNames string

Enter the columns names separated by ';' or ','.

Returns

Table metadata

Body
TableMetadata

Create worksheet

Operation ID:
CreateWorksheet

Create a new worksheet in the Excel workbook.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
 file True string

Select an Excel file through File Browse.
Name
 name string

Worksheet name.

Returns

Body
WorksheetMetadata

Delete a row

Operation ID:
DeleteItem

Delete a row using a key column.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
 file True string

Select an Excel file through File Browse.
Table
 table True string

Select a table from the drop-down.
Key Column
 idColumn True string

Select a column from the drop-down.
Key Value
 id True string

Enter the key value.

Get a row

Operation ID:
GetItem

Get a row using a key column.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
 file True string

Select an Excel file through File Browse.
Table
 table True string

Select a table from the drop-down.
Key Column
 idColumn True string

Select a column from the drop-down.
Key Value
 id True string

Enter the key value.

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

Get tables

Operation ID:
GetTables

Get a list of tables in the Excel workbook.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
 file True string

Select an Excel file through File Browse.

Returns

Name Path Type Description
value
 value array of object
Id
 value.id string

Table Id.
Name
 value.name string

Table name.
Show banded columns
 value.showBandedColumns boolean

Show banded columns.
Highlight first column
 value.highlightFirstColumn boolean

Highlight first column.
Highlight last column
 value.highlightLastColumn boolean

Highlight last column.
Show banded rows
 value.showBandedRows boolean

Show banded rows.
Show filter button
 value.showFilterButton boolean

Show filter button.
Show headers
 value.showHeaders boolean

Show headers.
Show totals
 value.showTotals boolean

Show totals.
Style
 value.style string

Table style.

Get worksheets

Operation ID:
GetAllWorksheets

Get a list of worksheets in the Excel workbook.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
 file True string

Select an Excel file through File Browse.

Returns

Name Path Type Description
value
 value array of WorksheetMetadata

List rows present in a table

Operation ID:
GetItems

List rows present in a table.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
 file True string

Select an Excel file through File Browse.
Table
 table True string

Select a table from the drop-down.
Filter Query
 $filter string

An ODATA filter query to restrict the entries returned.
Order By
 $orderby string

An ODATA orderBy query for specifying the order of entries.
Top Count
 $top integer

Total number of entries to retrieve (default = all).
Skip Count
 $skip integer

The number of entries to skip (default = 0).

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

Update a row

Operation ID:
PatchItem

Update a row using a key column.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
 file True string

Select an Excel file through File Browse.
Table
 table True string

Select a table from the drop-down.
Key Column
 idColumn True string

Select a column from the drop-down.
Key Value
 id True string

Enter the key value.
Provide the item properties.
 item True dynamic

Provide the item properties.

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

Definitions

TableMetadata

Table metadata

Name Path Type Description
name
 name string

Table name
title
 title string

Table title
x-ms-permission
 x-ms-permission string

Table permission
x-ms-capabilities
 x-ms-capabilities TableCapabilitiesMetadata

Metadata for a table (capabilities)
schema
 schema Object
referencedEntities
 referencedEntities Object
webUrl
 webUrl string

Url link

TableCapabilitiesMetadata

Metadata for a table (capabilities)

Name Path Type Description
sortRestrictions
 sortRestrictions TableSortRestrictionsMetadata

Metadata for a table (sort restrictions)
filterRestrictions
 filterRestrictions TableFilterRestrictionsMetadata

Metadata for a table (filter restrictions)
selectRestrictions
 selectRestrictions TableSelectRestrictionsMetadata

Metadata for a table (select restrictions)
isOnlyServerPagable
 isOnlyServerPagable boolean

Server paging restrictions
filterFunctionSupport
 filterFunctionSupport array of string

List of supported filter capabilities
serverPagingOptions
 serverPagingOptions array of string

List of supported server-driven paging capabilities

Object

TableSortRestrictionsMetadata

Metadata for a table (sort restrictions)

Name Path Type Description
sortable
 sortable boolean

Indicates whether this table has sortable columns
unsortableProperties
 unsortableProperties array of string

List of unsortable properties
ascendingOnlyProperties
 ascendingOnlyProperties array of string

List of properties which support ascending order only

TableFilterRestrictionsMetadata

Metadata for a table (filter restrictions)

Name Path Type Description
filterable
 filterable boolean

Indicates whether this table has filterable columns
nonFilterableProperties
 nonFilterableProperties array of string

List of non filterable properties
requiredProperties
 requiredProperties array of string

List of required properties

TableSelectRestrictionsMetadata

Metadata for a table (select restrictions)

Name Path Type Description
selectable
 selectable boolean

Indicates whether this table has selectable columns

WorksheetMetadata

Name Path Type Description
Id
 id string

Worksheet Id.
Name
 name string

Worksheet name.
Position
 position integer

Worksheet position.
Visibility
 visibility string

Worksheet visibility.