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add-excel

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Adds Excel Online (Business) connector to a Power Apps code app. Use when reading or writing Excel workbook data from OneDrive or SharePoint.

How to install add-excel

install add-excel
# install the power-platform-skills pack with the skills CLI
npx skills add microsoft/power-platform-skills

# or add only this skill to Claude Code: copy the folder

plugins/code-apps/skills/add-excel/

# into

~/.claude/skills/add-excel/ (all projects)

.claude/skills/add-excel/ (one project)

plugins/code-apps/skills/add-excel/SKILL.md

MITFull file
1**📋 Shared Instructions: [shared-instructions.md](../../shared/shared-instructions.md)** - Cross-cutting concerns.
2
3# Add Excel Online
4
5## Workflow
6
71. Check Memory Bank → 2. Gather → 3. Add Connector → 4. Configure → 5. Build → 6. Update Memory Bank
8
9---
10
11### Step 1: Check Memory Bank
12
13Check for `memory-bank.md` per [shared-instructions.md](../../shared/shared-instructions.md).
14
15### Step 2: Gather
16
17Ask the user:
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191. Where is the workbook? (OneDrive or SharePoint)
202. Workbook file name
213. Which table(s) in the workbook to access
22
23### Step 3: Add Connector
24
25**First, find the connection ID** (see [connector-reference.md](../../shared/connector-reference.md)):
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27Run the `/list-connections` skill. Find the Excel Online (Business) connection in the output. If none exists, direct the user to create one using the environment-specific Connections URL — construct it from the active environment ID in context (from `power.config.json` or a prior step): `https://make.powerapps.com/environments/<environment-id>/connections` → **+ New connection** → search for the connector → Create.
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29Excel Online is a tabular datasource -- requires `-c` (connection ID), `-d` (drive), and `--table` (table name in workbook):
30
31```bash
32# OneDrive workbook
33pa app add data-source --connector excelonlinebusiness -c <connection-id> -d 'me' --table 'Table1'
34
35# SharePoint workbook -- dataset is the document library path
36…

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