Excel Document

Represents a Microsoft Excel document, enabling spreadsheet-centric processing, extraction, and integration in Grooper.

Remarks

The ExcelDocument class provides support for Microsoft Excel and related spreadsheet formats (e.g., .xls, .xlsx, .xlsm, .ods, .csv, and others) within Batch Folders. It enables Grooper to recognize, process, and extract content from Excel documents as attachments, supporting downstream extraction, conversion, and export workflows.

Overview

• ExcelDocument is automatically selected for files with supported Excel and related extensions or MIME types.
• Integrates with Batch Folders to enable document-centric workflows, including classification, extraction, and export of spreadsheet content.
• Exposes key spreadsheet statistics (such as worksheet count) as viewable properties for downstream processing and review.

Excel Document Handling

• Loads and parses Excel documents as attachments to Batch Folders.
• Provides access to worksheet data for reporting, extraction, or workflow decisions.
• Supports conversion of Excel documents to CSV for standardized export and downstream processing.

Available Commands

• Convert To CSV: Converts the attached Excel document to CSV, with options for saving as child documents, files, or replacing the attachment.
  • Use for workflows requiring CSV normalization, data extraction, or downstream CSV-based processing.

Usage Notes

• Use ExcelDocument to enable spreadsheet-aware processing in Grooper, including extraction and export of tabular data.
• Combine with Content Type and Data Model configuration to extract structured data from Excel documents.
• Suitable for processing financial records, reports, data exports, and other spreadsheet-based content in batch workflows.

For more information, see the documentation for Batch Folder and Attachment Type.

Properties

Name	Type		Description
General
Worksheets	Int32	►	The number of worksheets in this workbook. Default0
Document
Subject	String		The subject metadata property for an Office document.
Title	String		The title metadata property for an Office document.
Description	String		The description metadata property for an Office document.
Category	String		The category metadata property for an Office document.
Content Status	String		The contentStatus metadata property for an Office document.
History
Created	String		The created metadata property for an Office document.
Creator	String		The creator metadata property for an Office document.
Last Modified	String		The modified metadata property for an Office document.
Last Modified By	String		The lastModifiedBy metadata property for an Office document.
Revision	String		The revision metadata property for an Office document.
Version	String		The version metadata property for an Office document.
Application Info
Application Name	String		The Application metadata property for an Office document.
Application Version	String		The AppVersion metadata property for an Office document.
Company	String		The Company metadata property for an Office document.

Context Menu Commands

Command	Shortcut	Description
csv Convert to CSV		Converts an Excel spreadsheet to a Comma-Separated Values (CSV) file.