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Excel Aspose Utility

Overview

This Appian Smart Service to convert Excel documents to PDF using the Aspose.Cells library. The package includes the ConvertExcelToPdf class that handles the conversion process.This has also got a smart service ConvertXlsToXlsx to convert he .xls extension to .xlsx extension. Also it allows user to read any Excel format (XLS, XLSX, XLSM etc) and fetch data using smart functions.
Note: Aspose Cells license is required (https://products.aspose.com/cells/java).

Key Features & Functionality

Smart Services:

  • exceltopdfconversion - Convert excel to PDF
  • xlstoxlsxconversion - convert XLS to XLSX

Functions:

  • getDataRange - Function to return valid range where data or formatted cells exist
  • getAllWorksheetNames - Function to return all sheet name
  • readCellsDataByRange- Function to return cell contents (VALUE) from a given range
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