1. Plugin operations and required parameters
- For the details of each operation, refer the MS office website:
- Common parameters
- Sheetname: A sheetname for the excel file which default is 0
- Save As: A new filename
- Encoding: UTF-8 is default
- Format Cell/Range: Cell or range of cells to change the specific excel format
- Format: Specify the type of formats e.g. YYYY-MM-DD
Operations
Parameters
Output
Put value/formula
Newvalue: A new value to put (e.g. 10)
Filepath
Cell/Range: A cell/range to paste
Replace value/formula
Oldvalue: An old value to put (e.g. 10)
Filepath
Newvalue: A new value to put (e.g. 10)
Cell/Range (optional): A cell or range to replace the values
*If you don’t specify, the whole sheet will be replaced
Convert str2num
*convert string to numeric values
Cell/Range (e.g. A1:A1 even when choosing one cell)
Sheetname (if more than one sheet in .xlsx)
Filepath
VLOOKUP
Cell for formula: A cell to save the VLOOKUP formula
VLOOKUP Value
Cell/Range: range containing the lookup value
Target Cell: lookup value
Index: the column number in the range containing the return value
True: Approximate match (TRUE) or Exact match (FALSE)
COUNT
Cell for formula: A cell to save the COUNT formula
COUNT Value
New Value: New values to count (e.g. 1,2)
Cell/Range
COUNTA
Cell for formula: A cell to save the COUNTA formula
COUNTA Value
Cell/Range
COUNTIF
Cell for formula: A cell to save the COUNIF formula
COUNTIF Value
Cell/Range
Condition: The condition for COUNTIF function
*Use 2 double quotation marks for the condition e.g. ““>10””
SUM
Cell for formula: A cell to save the SUM formula
SUM Value
New Value: A numeric value to be added
Cell/Range
Fill formula
*Put the formula in the range
New Value: New formula
File Path
Cell/Range: Range to paste
The function of ’Cell for formula’ parameter? It is a cell which stores output value.
2. Example of the plugin in STU
SUM
Return Code
Code | Meaning |
---|---|
0 | Execution successful |
1 | Execution failed |