# Reading Excel data into Ignition

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**Created:** [April 9, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-excel-data-into-ignition/45447 "2021-04-09T19:35:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-excel-data-into-ignition/45447/2 "2021-04-10T00:05:45Z")

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Using Apache POI, which is now bundled with Ignition.

> [@Copying an Excel file to a table's dataset](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copying-a-excel-file-to-a-tables-dataset/34942/13):
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> 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…

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