# File path access from file upload component **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [January 3, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-path-access-from-file-upload-component/83733 "2024-01-03T10:59:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-path-access-from-file-upload-component/83733/11 "2024-01-29T10:48:22Z")
So you actually just want to let the user import some data (from excel) and put this data into a tag? For this case you probably want to check this, [https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.dataset.fromCSV](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.dataset.fromCSV) or > [@Copying an Excel file to a table's dataset](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copying-a-excel-file-to-a-tables-dataset/34942/13): > > Got my paperwork done early, so here's a sample to read from an Excel file EDIT: Reworked a bit to work with both .xls and .xlsx files EDIT: Modified to properly cast data types EDIT: Added handler for formula cell types EDIT: Added parameters to optionally specify sheet, row, and column numbers Reading back a file created from my other example: def excelToDataSet(fileName, hasHeaders = False, sheetNum = 0, firstRow = None, lastRow = None, firstCol = None, lastCol = None): import org.apac… The gateway acces depends on the user rights it runs on, Shared folders require some extra configuration to have access [https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Mapping+a+Network+Drive](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Mapping+a+Network+Drive) --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-path-access-from-file-upload-component/83733)._