Add Excel

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Audit 0.4.1 · source sha 8075ef5705c5 · 18 Oct 2026Report an issue or request a re-scan

• Publishermicrosoft GitHub organizationOwner of the repository this skill is read from
• Source foldermicrosoft/power-platform-skills/plugins/code-apps/skills/add-excelThe exact folder we audited
• LicenceMITAs the repository states it
• Commit pinned for this verdict8075ef5705c5A new audit runs when the source changes
• Repository statusNot archivedPushed today
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Its description: Adds Excel Online (Business) connector to a Power Apps code app. Use when reading or writing Excel workbook data from OneDrive or SharePoint.

---
name: add-excel
description: Adds Excel Online (Business) connector to a Power Apps code app. Use when reading or writing Excel workbook data from OneDrive or SharePoint.
user-invocable: true
allowed-tools: Read, Edit, Write, Grep, Glob, Bash, LSP, TaskCreate, TaskUpdate, TaskList, TaskGet, AskUserQuestion, Skill
model: sonnet
---

**📋 Shared Instructions: [shared-instructions.md](${PLUGIN_ROOT}/shared/shared-instructions.md)** - Cross-cutting concerns.

# Add Excel Online

## Workflow

1. Check Memory Bank → 2. Gather → 3. Add Connector → 4. Configure → 5. Build → 6. Update Memory Bank

---

### Step 1: Check Memory Bank

Check for `memory-bank.md` per [shared-instructions.md](${PLUGIN_ROOT}/shared/shared-instructions.md).

### Step 2: Gather

Ask the user:

1. Where is the workbook? (OneDrive or SharePoint)
2. Workbook file name
3. Which table(s) in the workbook to access

### Step 3: Add Connector

**First, find the connection ID** (see [connector-reference.md](${PLUGIN_ROOT}/shared/connector-reference.md)):

Run 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.

Excel Online is a tabular datasource -- requires `-c` (connection ID), `-d` (drive), and `--table` (table name in workbook):

```bash
# OneDrive workbook
pa app add data-source --connector excelonlinebusiness -c <connection-id> -d 'me' --table 'Table1'

# SharePoint workbook -- dataset is the document library path
pa app add data-source --connector excelonlinebusiness -c <connection-id> -d 'sites/your-site' --table 'Table1'
```

Run for each table the user needs.

### Step 4: Configure

**AddRowIntoTable** -- adds a row to an Excel table:

```typescript
// OneDrive workbook
await ExcelOnlineBusinessService.AddRowIntoTable({
  source: "me",
  drive: "me",
  file: "MyWorkbook.xlsx",
  table: "Table1",
  body: { column1: "value1", column2: "value2" } // Flat object, NO "items" wrapper
});

// SharePoint workbook
await ExcelOnlineBusinessService.AddRowIntoTable({
  source: "sites/your-site",
  drive: "drive-id",
  file: "SharedWorkbook.xlsx",
  table: "Table1",
  body: { column1: "value1", column2: "value2" }
});
```

**Key points:**

- `source: "me"` and `drive: "me"` for OneDrive personal files
- For SharePoint, use the site path and drive ID
- The `body` is a flat key-value object matching column headers -- do NOT wrap in `{ items: ... }`

Use `Grep` to find specific methods in `src/generated/services/ExcelOnlineBusinessService.ts` (generated files can be very large -- see [connector-reference.md](${PLUGIN_ROOT}/shared/connector-reference.md#inspecting-large-generated-files)).

### Step 5: Build

```bash
npm run build
```

Fix TypeScript errors before proceeding. Do NOT deploy yet.

### Step 6: Update Memory Bank

Update `memory-bank.md` with: connector added, workbook/table configured, build status.

Excerpt, first 3,181 characters of SKILL.md, verbatim from the audited commit. It is text from someone else’s repository, quoted so you can judge it before your agent reads it.

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