Read in an Excel spreadsheet file — n8n Workflow

Low complexity⚡ Trigger3 nodes💎 Other👁 31,409 viewsby Tien De

Overview

How to take the path of a local Excel file and read its contents into n8n.

Nodes used

On clicking 'execute'Spreadsheet FileRead Binary File

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On clicking 'execute'
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How it Works

  1. 1

    Trigger

    The workflow starts with a trigger trigger.

  2. 2

    Process

    Data flows through 3 nodes, connecting manualtrigger, readbinaryfile, spreadsheetfile.

  3. 3

    Output

    The workflow completes its automation and delivers the result to the configured destination.

Node Details (3)

ON

On clicking 'execute'

manualTrigger

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SP

Spreadsheet File

spreadsheetFile

#2
RE

Read Binary File

readBinaryFile

#3

How to Import This Workflow

  1. 1Click Download JSON button on the right to save the workflow file.
  2. 2Open your n8n instance. Go to Workflows → New → Import from file.
  3. 3Select the downloaded read-in-an-excel-spreadsheet-file file and click Import.
  4. 4Set up credentials for each service node (API keys, OAuth, etc.).
  5. 5Click Test Workflow to verify everything works, then activate it.

Or paste directly in n8n → Import from JSON:

{ "name": "Read in an Excel spreadsheet file", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

manualtriggerreadbinaryfilespreadsheetfile

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Nodes3
Complexitylow
Triggertrigger
Views31,409
CategoryOther

Created by

Tien De

Tien De

@sinkibo

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