# Reading excel file in logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reading-excel-file-in-logstash/127634>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 11, 2018, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reading-excel-file-in-logstash/127634 "2018-04-11T13:07:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![arunvijayam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@arunvijayam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arunvijayam)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reading-excel-file-in-logstash/127634/1 "2018-04-11T13:07:02Z")

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Can anyone help in reading excel file in logstash and output to mongo db

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**Author:** ![NerdSec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nerdsec/32/22056_2.png) [@NerdSec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NerdSec)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reading-excel-file-in-logstash/127634/2 "2018-04-11T13:20:10Z")

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Hi Arun,  
Logstash does not support XML based workbooks. CSV files can be consumed by logstash with ease.

Can you convert the xlsx to CSV?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reading-excel-file-in-logstash/127634/3 "2018-05-09T13:20:51Z")

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