Simplifying $\sum_{n=1}^{x}ne^{-a}\frac{a^{x-n}}{(x-n)!}$, where $x$ is an integer and $a<1$

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I would like to simplify the following expression,

$$\sum_{n=1}^{x}ne^{-a}\frac{a^{x-n}}{(x-n)!}$$

where $x$ is an integer and $a<1$.

Is it possible to lose the sum?

An approximation for the sum will be also helpful.

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It can be written using the Incomplete Gamma function as $$ {\frac {{{\rm e}^{-a}}{a}^{x}-\Gamma \left( x,a \right) \left( a-x \right) }{\Gamma \left( x \right) }} $$