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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Parse Excel to CDT</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/plug-ins/11073/parse-excel-to-cdt</link><description>Question 1: Is there any way, to retrieve the data from specific columns from Excel sheet? 
 Question 2: Is it possible to get the data from protected excel sheet? 
 
 Thanks 
 Rahul Gundu 
 +91 996 630 8811</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Parse Excel to CDT</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/48497?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:13:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:55d2dac4-46f7-45af-9c3a-dd6e28cef289</guid><dc:creator>Mike Schmitt</dc:creator><description>Thanks for the confirmation - I believe you&amp;#39;re correct that the plug-in doesn&amp;#39;t allow you to pick individual columns to be read, but this can be managed by grouping columns as you&amp;#39;ve done.  Also if you found my answer to be sufficient, I&amp;#39;d invite you to click &amp;#39;This helped me&amp;#39; to mark it as a verified answer :)&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Parse Excel to CDT</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/48491?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2017 14:52:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:590749db-a498-4a60-ac02-7700200be267</guid><dc:creator>Rahul Gundu</dc:creator><description>Hi Mike, &lt;br /&gt;
Thanks for the suggestions. &lt;br /&gt;
Second scenario worked perfect. &lt;br /&gt;
For the first scenario, we can define number of columns, but not the specific columns.  Anyway, we modified the customer template to re order the columns which we need read. In that way, we achieved the task.&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you once again.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Parse Excel to CDT</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/48464?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2017 16:05:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:190ac667-ec9a-4729-b5ea-305514f758be</guid><dc:creator>Mike Schmitt</dc:creator><description>1) the Parse Excel to CDT smart service within Excel Tools should allow you to do this pretty easily&lt;br /&gt;
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2) I haven&amp;#39;t tried, but i would guess this functionality should work for protected sheets as long as it&amp;#39;s openable to view - please try and let us know if there is any issue&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>