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How to open and read excel.xlsx file in virtuoso using SKILL

Miguel V
Miguel V over 8 years ago

Hello,

I'm trying to open an excel xlsx file in Virtuoso using SKILL.  I have found several "axl" functions that are supposed to help accomplish this such as axlHttp() but all of these function return the error that they are not found. For example:

axlHttp("sample.xlsx")
*Error* eval: undefined function - axlHttp
>

axlDMFileBrowse("sample.xlsx")
*Error* eval: undefined function - axlDMFileBrowse
>

Is there an add on that I need or what else could I be missing, or are there other function that I can use?  infile() seems to work but I need to look at specific worksheets within the excel file.

Thanks,

Miguel

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    Miguel V over 8 years ago
    Hi Andrew,

    Thank you for pointing me in a good direction. I will look into it and see if it can speed things up for me.

    Thanks,
    Miguel
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  • Miguel V
    Miguel V over 8 years ago
    Hi Andrew,

    Thank you for pointing me in a good direction. I will look into it and see if it can speed things up for me.

    Thanks,
    Miguel
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