# Excel data to a tables Dataset

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [August 12, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/excel-data-to-a-tables-dataset/62951 "2022-08-12T12:38:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/excel-data-to-a-tables-dataset/62951/3 "2022-08-12T12:55:59Z")

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@JordanCClark created a script that should get you started,

> [@Copying a Excel file to a tables Dataset](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copying-a-excel-file-to-a-tables-dataset/34942/12):
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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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