Applescript + InDesign Selecting Body Rows In Table - excel

Question

I am currently trying to automate some data formatting. The source data is formatted in Excel. The inDesign template is already formatted. I can right click the table and select body rows then paste the data and it looks beautiful. I am looking to remove this step but am unable to figure out how to get applescript to select the table and body rows of the inDesign template.
Neither of the following seem to work.
set selection to body rows of table 1 of active document
select body rows of table 1 of active document
Any help on this would be great.

Answer 1

Unfortunately the select command only works for a single row, and not all of the rows in a selected table.
Essentially, you must go row by and decide the row type. Once you've decided the row is a body row, you can select it.
The syntax for adding a selected row to another selected row is super tricky, especially without an example. See the complete script below.
tell application "Adobe InDesign CC 2015"
set allBodyRows to every row of every table of every story of active document whose row type is body row
set bodyRow to {}
repeat with i from 1 to (count allBodyRows)
set bodyRow to item i of allBodyRows
if i = 1 then
select bodyRow
else
select bodyRow existing selection add to
end if
end repeat
end tell

Answer 2

I think you need to reference your table differently. Try this:
set allTables to every table of every story of active document
set myTable to item 1 of allTables
Then you should be able to select rows:
tell table myTable
select first row
end tell

Answer 3

--author by RyuAutodidacte
tell application "Adobe InDesign 2020"
tell active document
--When the selection is a text frame
set FirstBodyCell to index of first cell of table 1 of selection whose row type is body row
set LastBodyCell to index of last cell of table 1 of selection whose row type is body row
select cells FirstBodyCell thru LastBodyCell of table 1 of selection
end tell
end tell