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How can read content of excel file*

janaka1984 — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 10:05:27 GMT

Hi all,i am trying to read content (folder structure : ID and name) of excel file. i need to know how can i do in proper way?please give me hintRegardsJanaka

Re: How can read content of excel file*

mrks_js1 — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:34:23 GMT

Hi Janaka

If it is concerning the content of the file, you could do a transformation to txt. (similar to this Applying rules to folders | Alfresco Documentation).

But you need to give us a bit more info about what you are trying to do here.

Re: How can read content of excel file*

janaka1984 — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:40:47 GMT

Hi Markus Joos,

I have excel file which contain folder id and name. I have to read content of file and generate folder structure under document library. this is one time task

Folder Id Folder Name

1 folder one

1.1 folder two

1.2 folder three

2 folder abc

Re: How can read content of excel file*

romschn — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 14:48:17 GMT

You can use Apache POI API to read/write to excel files. Take a look at Apache POI – Reading and Writing Excel file in Java for reference.

Hope this helps.

Re: How can read content of excel file*

janaka1984 — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 15:01:40 GMT

Hi Ramesh,

do have any idea to read excel content using javascript api within alfresco

Re: How can read content of excel file*

jego — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 21:51:18 GMT

Client side (Browser) or Server side (repository backend) JavaScript?

If serverside, please write a JavaScript rootobject to wrap the poi library. Take a Look at the alfresco-jscript-extensions in github...

If Client side, there are some JS libraries which can read the Excel File in the Browser...

Thanks

Jens

Re: How can read content of excel file*

jpotts — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 20:21:34 GMT

This looks like a very simple Excel file. Why not save it as a CSV and then you'll have plain text which you can read and parse easily from JavaScript.

Or better yet, express it as JSON and then you won't have to parse anything.

Re: How can read content of excel file*

janaka1984 — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 02:46:16 GMT

Thanks Jeff .

i have used alfresco rules to convert Excel file into CSV , so i could read CSV by JS

Re: How can read content of excel file*

Lino17 — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:19:04 GMT

Hi @jpotts

How do you express the Excel as a JSON OR

Read and parse the plaintext from JS. I am trying to do this in the Alfresco Activiti(Model Application) script task