# File upload component / excel read

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**Created:** [January 17, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-upload-component-excel-read/84386 "2024-01-17T14:54:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-upload-component-excel-read/84386/5 "2024-01-17T15:54:41Z")

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Look a few posts further down from where you found my original script.

> [@Copying an Excel file to a table's dataset](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copying-a-excel-file-to-a-tables-dataset/34942/18):
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> Untested, but you should just be able to use ByteArrayInputStream instead. def excelBytesToDataSet(bytesIn, hasHeaders = False): import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.WorkbookFactory as WorkbookFactory import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.DateUtil as DateUtil from java.io import ByteArrayInputStream fileStream = ByteArrayInputStream(bytesIn) ...

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