qax-os/excelize · error

table %s does not exist

Error message

table %s does not exist

What it means

Dynamic error created by newNoExistTableError when an operation references a table name that does not exist in the workbook. It is raised by DeleteTable, DeletePivotTable, and getSlicerSource (and exercised in tests): the input at fault is the table name argument, which fails a lookup, so the dependent operation is aborted with this error.

Source

Thrown at errors.go:339

	return fmt.Errorf("invalid slicer name %q", name)
}

// newInvalidStyleID defined the error message on receiving the invalid style
// ID.
func newInvalidStyleID(styleID int) error {
	return fmt.Errorf("invalid style ID %d", styleID)
}

// newNoExistSlicerError defined the error message on receiving the non existing
// slicer name.
func newNoExistSlicerError(name string) error {
	return fmt.Errorf("slicer %s does not exist", name)
}

// newNoExistTableError defined the error message on receiving the non existing
// table name.
func newNoExistTableError(name string) error {
	return fmt.Errorf("table %s does not exist", name)
}

// newNotWorksheetError defined the error message on receiving a sheet which
// not a worksheet.
func newNotWorksheetError(name string) error {
	return fmt.Errorf("sheet %s is not a worksheet", name)
}

// newPivotTableColFieldsError defined the error message on same data field
// appears both in the pivot table column fields and filter fields.
func newPivotTableColFieldsError(data []string) error {
	return fmt.Errorf("data fields %s appear both in the pivot table column fields and filter fields", strings.Join(data, ", "))
}

// newPivotTableRowFieldsError defined the error message on same data field
// appears both in the pivot table row fields and filter fields.
func newPivotTableRowFieldsError(data []string) error {
	return fmt.Errorf("data fields %s appear both in the pivot table row fields and filter fields", strings.Join(data, ", "))

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Solutions

1. List tables (GetTables) and use an exact existing name
2. Add the table with AddTable before deleting it

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at errors.go:339 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of qax-os/excelize@f2483381fb (2026-09-02). Data as JSON: /api/errors/9837fd7457ebfa33. Report an issue: GitHub.