# Export to multiple (different) cells in Excel **URL:** \ **Category:** Revit\ **Tags:** revit, python, dynamo\ **Created:** [January 29, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/export-to-multiple-different-cells-in-excel/97591 "2024-01-29T12:08:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sander.nalesMRTG9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@sander.nalesMRTG9](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/sander.nalesMRTG9)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/export-to-multiple-different-cells-in-excel/97591/1 "2024-01-29T12:08:13Z")
I want to export sheet data to an excel file. But the function Data.ExportToExcel writes a zero-length string to a cell when no data is exported. For Example: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/6/4/64a3d9ba373c552079f1cd0bf7fe2e3989a0a372.png) Here I import a list on row 5: [“A long string”, “”, Data, Data] But I also want to import the Name and date at the top in column 2. The problem is that after dynamo writes the data, Excel will translate “” to a zero-Length value. Now the long string is not readeble because it gets overwrited. Does some one have a sollution to this? Changing the tamplate is not a option. ---
**Author:** ![jacob.small](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/jacob.small/32/161030_2.png) [@jacob.small](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/jacob.small)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/export-to-multiple-different-cells-in-excel/97591/2 "2024-01-29T12:11:38Z")
> [@sander.nalesMRTG9](#): > > Does some one have a sollution to this? offhand I have two. I believe the OpenXML nodes for excel interoperability support exporting to a particular starting cell. So you can use the function a few times and not overwrite the previous data. You could also write out to a new sheet and read the data into the correct location by referencing the data in the new sheet.