Store data in a Labview buffer

Hi,
I was wondering if labview allowed to store data in a kind of buffer or temporary memory to wait for all test complete and then export them to excel using the report generation toolkit ?
If this is possible I would like to know how can I implement it, because I am using the report generation toolkit but it takes too much time to open and close excel for each test to save data.
thanks,
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Hi lngenu,
You can do this using the shift registers. Kindly go through the attached vi for more information.
Regards,
Nitzz
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