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title: "Update File with Data"
slug: "update-file-with-data"
updated: 2025-02-21T17:19:08Z
published: 2025-02-21T17:19:08Z
canonical: "documentation.decisions.com/update-file-with-data"
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# Update File with Data

| ## Step Details |
| --- |
| **Introduced in Version** | 4.0.0 |
| **Last Modified in Version** | 7.12.0 |
| **Location** | Data > Excel & CSV |

The Update File With Data step allows a user to update an edited file by providing the File Type and mapping the correct document into the step.

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## Properties

#### Inputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| File Type | The type of file being used by the step. The step currently supports CSV, Excel_xls, or Excel_xlsx. Use Constant mapping to view the drop-down. | CSVFileType |
| Input | The Excel or CSV file to update. | FileData |
| Delimiter (for CSV files only) | It determines which delimiter to split the columns with. | CSVSeparator |

#### Outputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| None | --- | --- |

#### ![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/2022-10-31_11h17_39.png)

Related Information

Example Labs: [Using the Set Formula Value Step](https://documentation.decisions.com/projects/docs/using-the-set-formula-value-step) [Merging CSV Files into an Excel File](https://documentation.decisions.com/projects/docs/merging-csv-files-into-an-excel-file)

Training Video: [Dynamic Excel Creation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcIiRwi_8wo)