https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/plug-ins/26712/facing-issue-while-reading-97-2003-version-xls-fileI need to read and save data from XLS document. I tried using &quot;Export excel to Database&quot; smart service, but it is giving error &quot; ???The supplied data appears to be in the OLE2 Format. You are calling the part of POI that deals with OOXML (Office Openen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.appian.com/thread/120854?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 24 Oct 2023 21:37:31 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:4c9bb36e-dba3-4da2-8615-0c337b75503dsantanukumaru<div>The plugin Excel Utility (<a href="/b/appmarket/posts/excel-utility" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.appian.com/b/appmarket/posts/excel-utility</a>) has a function&nbsp;<span>readexcelsheetwithfilter()</span>&nbsp;for reading XLS files.</div><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/104837?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 28 Nov 2022 15:55:48 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:ded797e7-5aa8-4de7-b446-2a3dade71d85Mike Schmitt<p>The old format (prior to xlsx) uses a proprietary file format, which I&#39;m not sure there&#39;s any way to read within Appian (though you could search in case anyone&#39;s made some specialized plug-in for it).&nbsp; Otherwise I&#39;d suggest opening the file in Excel and saving it as .xlsx format.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/104825?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:02:57 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:e4236261-174d-4688-b2de-b97ff9a4632eujjwalb0003<p>We have a requirement to read xls file only.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/104822?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 28 Nov 2022 13:48:23 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:c07e1c6b-9012-4cb3-b168-2c6cfffe9227harshjan<p>I suppose that format which you are using is does not support by appian try with some other format.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>