PowerShell Import-Excel
This PowerShell Module wraps the .NET EPPlus DLL (included). Easily integrate reading and writing Excel spreadsheets into PowerShell, without launching Excel in the background. You can also automate the creation of Pivot Tables and Charts.
Know Issues
- Only one pivot table can be added. Investigating how EPPlus saves the target file.
What's new
4/20/2015
- Included and embellished Claus Nielsen function to take all sheets in an Excel file workbook and create a text file for each
ConvertFrom-ExcelSheet
4/13/2015
- You can add a title to the Excel "Report"
Title,TitleFillPattern,TitleBold,TitleSize,TitleBackgroundColor- Thanks to Irwin Strachan for this and other great suggestions, testing and more
4/10/2015
- Renamed
AutoFitColumnstoAutoSize - Implemented
Export-MultipleExcelSheets - Implemented
-Passwordfor a worksheet - Replaced
-Forceswitch with-NoClobberswitch - Added examples for
Get-Help - If Pivot table is requested, that sheet becomes the tab selected
4/8/2015
- Implemented exporting data to named sheets via the -WorkSheename parameter.
Examples
gsv | Export-Excel .\test.xlsx -WorkSheetname Services
dir -file | Export-Excel .\test.xlsx -WorkSheetname Files
ps | Export-Excel .\test.xlsx -WorkSheetname Processes -IncludePivotTable -Show -PivotRows Company -PivotData PM
Convert (All or Some) Excel Sheets to Text files
Reads each sheet in TestSheets.xlsx and outputs it to the data directory as the sheet name with the extension .txt
ConvertFrom-ExcelSheet .\TestSheets.xlsx .\data
Reads and outputs sheets like Sheet10 and Sheet20 form TestSheets.xlsx and outputs it to the data directory as the sheet name with the extension .txt
ConvertFrom-ExcelSheet .\TestSheets.xlsx .\data sheet?0
Example Adding a Title
You can set the pattern, size and of if the title is bold.
$p=@{
Title = "Process Report as of $(Get-Date)"
TitleFillPattern = "LightTrellis"
TitleSize = 18
TitleBold = $true
Path = "$pwd\testExport.xlsx"
Show = $true
AutoSize = $true
}
Get-Process |
Where Company | Select Company, PM |
Export-Excel @p
Example Export-MultipleExcelSheets
$p = Get-Process
$DataToGather = @{
PM = {$p|select company, pm}
Handles = {$p|select company, handles}
Services = {gsv}
Files = {dir -File}
Albums = {(Invoke-RestMethod http://www.dougfinke.com/powershellfordevelopers/albums.js)}
}
Export-MultipleExcelSheets -Show -AutoSize .\testExport.xlsx $DataToGather
NOTE If the sheet exists when using -WorkSheetname parameter, it will be deleted and then added with the new data.
Get-Process Exported to Excel
Total Physical Memory Grouped By Company
PowerShell Excel EPPlus Video
Click on this image to watch the short video.
Importing data from an Excel spreadsheet
You can also find EPPLus on Nuget.




