Extracting data from Excel files
Spreadsheets are a ubiquitous business tool in the modern world, and there is a vast amount of critical
data that resides in these common desktop files. As the tools are so commonplace and easy to use, spreadsheets are often the tool of choice for storing and manipulating all kinds of data. In this section, we'll look at a couple of ways to pull data from a spreadsheet. One of the most-used features of spreadsheets is the sheets functionality, which is the ability to add another page within the spreadsheet file. Sheets within a file may be closely related (for example, each sheet represents sales data for a given month) or may be less closely related (for example, a customers spreadsheet may contain customer data, ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access