Excel to XML
Convert Excel data to structured XML format
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Convert Excel data to structured XML format
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Convert Excel worksheet rows into structured XML
Excel to XML reads the first worksheet of an uploaded spreadsheet and converts its table into XML. Each data row becomes an XML item, and the worksheet column headings become child elements. You can choose the root and item tag names before converting.
When exporting Excel data as XML is useful
- •Prepare tabular spreadsheet records for a system that accepts XML input.
- •Turn an employee, inventory, or product worksheet into structured data.
- •Create an XML starting point for a workflow that needs named record elements.
How to use this tool
- 1.Upload a supported Excel workbook and check that the data you need is on its first worksheet.
- 2.Choose a root tag such as employees and an item tag such as employee, or keep the defaults rows and row.
- 3.Convert, download the XML file, and review its element names and values before importing it elsewhere.
How spreadsheet columns become XML elements
- The first worksheet is read as a table. Its first row supplies column headings; subsequent rows become XML records.
- The Root Tag Name and Item Tag Name options control the outer XML element and each repeated record element.
- Column headings containing spaces or unsupported XML-name characters are normalized with underscores. Duplicate normalized names receive numeric suffixes.
Example: export an employee worksheet to XML
Suppose the first worksheet contains Full Name and Department columns with Alice / Engineering and Bob / Finance as data rows. Set the root tag to employees and the item tag to employee. The XML contains an employees root with two employee elements. Each employee has Full_Name and Department child elements containing the corresponding cell values.
What the XML export does not preserve
- Only the first worksheet is converted. Additional worksheets are not included in the XML file.
- Excel formatting, charts, macros, images, merged-cell layout, and formula definitions are not represented as XML. Review the exported values.
- The converter creates a flat record structure, not a custom nested XML schema. Column names may change to form valid XML element names, and spreadsheet value types may be inferred.
If the generated XML needs adjustment
- Expected records are missing: check whether they are on another worksheet. This converter reads the first worksheet only.
- An XML field name differs from its Excel heading: spaces and unsupported characters are replaced with underscores; duplicate names receive suffixes.
- A root or item tag is rejected: use a valid XML-style name beginning with a letter or underscore, without spaces or slashes.
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