


You can specify how you want to import your objects in this property. When you call the import Java action, the selected reference will be set with the object that you can provide as a parameter in the action. Set this field to the reference you want to fill this way. For example, you want each object to reference the FileObject from which it was created. Sometimes you want each imported object to have a reference to one existing object. Here you can select the type of object to which you would like to map each row. 4.1.5 Mendix ObjectĮach row in the Excel sheet should correspond to a Mendix object. The row number corresponds with the row numbers in Excel. This is the row number of the first row with actual data that should be imported. The row numbers correspond with the row numbers in Excel. If you do not have any column titles, just enter any row number that contains the values you want to see in the column objects. This is the row number of the row with the column titles. This is a required field and should contain an Integer. Specify the sheet number here from your Excel workbook that you want to import. There are no special restrictions or validations for these fields. These fields are intended to make it easier for you to see what the import does. These properties control the global behavior of the import. The sections below present details on all the properties that can be selected and what their impact is on the actual import. The Excel Importer module has many different properties. This flag is disabled by default for compatibility reasons. To turn on the parsing of empty cells when a parse with microflow is selected, add ExcelImporter.ParseEmpt圜ells to the configuration constants and set the value to true. This feature is turned off by default for security reasons. To turn on external entity processing, add the /ExcelImporter//Export/Import Configuration//EnableExternalEntities constant to your configuration and set it to true. Create your own Excel upload function and your own import microflow, which should call the Java import start action in the module. Create a new template from scratch or based on an Excel file (which creates all the columns for you). This is the starting place for defining Excel mappings.
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Support for custom parsing of column data (for example, adding or removing prefixes).Import Excel sheets according to a mapping.Create mappings between Excel columns and object attributes.

The typical usage scenario is importing Excel files generated by other applications into Mendix. You can configure a mapping between your sheet and domain model and automatically create or update your objects. The Excel Importer module enables you to import Excel data sheets into your Mendix application.
