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how to acces excel files in sharepoint document library

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I tried to create power apps for approval of documents list, or PRJ list. for this i have

  • Approval list in sharepoint (think of it kinda ticket history list)
  • Document library contain many excel file of PRJ list.(see attachment 1)

then i have this form who need to choose 'PRJ list document' that contain in Document library. then depen on what you choose, next you choose what 'document' you want on excel tabel coloum document.

i can select or get all the file name that contain in Document library, but i cant open those specific selected file and get the table data out of it.

i know it kinda hard to get but maybe this pic can help.

Joerahmat_0-1648268900100.png


is it possible tho? or is there any alternative way?

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  • Drrickryp Profile Picture
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    @Joerahmat 

    See https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Power-Apps/Connect-to-Sharepoint-Excel/td-p/506064 .  Excel is a terrible data source anyway, particularly if you have multiple users for your app.  I recommend storing the data in SharePoint or even Dataverse if you can afford it. 

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