Excel Capabilities of Appian

RE: Excel Capabilities of Appian

ankitab0001 — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 23:17:09 GMT

Save your excel template as zip file--> extract the zip into a folder--> go to the xl folder inside the main folder --> look for the workbook.xml file --> add the property fullCalcOnLoad ="true" (Look for the below sample code) and save the file--> Go back to the main folder and zip all the folders and files (_rels, docPrps, xl, [Content_Types].xml) --> Save that new zip file as xlsx/xls file format and use that to upload in Appian.

You have to do this every time you do any modifications in the template

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<workbook xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main" xmlns:r="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" mc:Ignorable="x15" xmlns:x15="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2010/11/main"><fileVersion appName="xl" lastEdited="6" lowestEdited="4" rupBuild="14420"/><workbookPr filterPrivacy="1" defaultThemeVersion="124226"/><bookViews><workbookView xWindow="240" yWindow="105" windowWidth="14805" windowHeight="8010"/></bookViews><sheets><sheet name="Payment Claim Summary" sheetId="1" r:id="rId1"/></sheets><calcPr calcId="152511" fullCalcOnLoad ="true"/>
</workbook>

RE: Excel Capabilities of Appian

GauravSingh — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 19:24:46 GMT

Hi ankitab0001

Can you please elaborate on it like how to alter the properties of workbook.xml.

It would be really helpful if u can share some detailed steps

RE: Excel Capabilities of Appian

ankitab0001 — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 01:01:20 GMT

Did you try altering the properties of workbook.xml file of the excel template and then upload it? This ensures excel performs all calculations based on the formulas in Appian

RE: Excel Capabilities of Appian

GauravSingh — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:09:19 GMT

Thanks Dai Williams,

This will help me up with the validation part.

Any input on macros, pivot or vlookup will be appreciated.

Thanks

RE: Excel Capabilities of Appian

Dai Williams — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 18:45:29 GMT

Hi, I would take a look at this recent post ...

https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/data/18201/reg-readexcelsheet-function

It uses the readexcelsheet function that comes with the Excel Tools plugin from the App Market, this would be a good place to get started.