# Unable to import module named xlrd

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**Created:** [July 29, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-import-module-named-xlrd/37195 "2020-07-29T16:11:56Z")\
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**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:** [July 29, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-import-module-named-xlrd/37195/3 "2020-07-29T18:28:18Z")

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> [@Copying an Excel file to a table's dataset](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copying-a-excel-file-to-a-tables-dataset/34942/5):
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> xlrd works with Jython 2.7. Unzip this into the user-lib/pylib/site-packages folder. [xlrd.zip](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/uploads/short-url/rZTrGR58x9kIfTHEBhHHkzyJsLw.zip) (283.0 KB) [Documentation](https://xlrd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)

You may also have to restart your designer to get a local copy. I don't quite remember.

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