# Copying an Excel file to a table's dataset

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 21, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copying-an-excel-file-to-a-tables-dataset/34942 "2020-05-21T15:38:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copying-an-excel-file-to-a-tables-dataset/34942/12 "2021-01-22T18:43:38Z")

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For another option re: reading Excel files, I started and never finished an Ignition module that brings in the [`fastexcel`](https://github.com/dhatim/fastexcel) library: [https://github.com/paul-griffith/kotlin-module](https://github.com/paul-griffith/kotlin-module)

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