Automating Further – Task Scheduling and Email
Sometimes, we can spend countless hours tediously creating, formatting, and emailing Excel spreadsheets. Well, fret no more! With the power of programming, specifically R or Python, you can effortlessly automate these mundane tasks and reclaim your precious time.
Imagine this: you have a list of sales data that needs to be organized into a professional-looking spreadsheet and sent to multiple recipients via email. Instead of slogging through manual data entry and formatting, you can leverage the prowess of R or Python to simplify your workflow.
In R, you can use the amazing taskscheduleR package to schedule tasks and run your script automatically at specified times. With this, you can set up a recurring job to generate your Excel spreadsheets and send them out without lifting a finger. For emailing, you can employ the RDCOMClient, Windows365R, or blastula packages, which allow you to interact with Outlook and Gmail directly...
