# Export power table data set to Excel as an Excel Table **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 20, 2021, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-power-table-data-set-to-excel-as-an-excel-table/43647 "2021-02-20T04:40:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-power-table-data-set-to-excel-as-an-excel-table/43647/4 "2021-02-22T20:03:51Z")
I know the topic is different, but trust me. > [@Copying an Excel file to a table's dataset](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copying-a-excel-file-to-a-tables-dataset/34942/7): > > The [Apache POI](https://poi.apache.org/apidocs/4.1/index.html) libraries are included with Ignition. At the time I was only needing to read files, so xlrd was all that was necessary. I'm just starting to dig into POI, myself, but here's a start: EDIT 2021-08-23: Updated to allow JsonDataSets. Changed to allow for a ByteArray output instead of writing to a file. EDIT 2023-01-20: Added option for date formats. Default is 'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss'. EDIT 2023-05-12: Added options for first row and column, if needed to offset from A1 def datasetT… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-power-table-data-set-to-excel-as-an-excel-table/43647)._