Connecting to Excel Data in Workbench 5

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Intro

1. Click the icon in the left-hand icon bar.
2. Click the ”+” button in the top right corner of the jobs listing pane.
3. Select the desired account (Domo instance) in the Domo Domain dropdown menu. If you have only one account set up, that account is already chosen for you and the menu is unavailable.
4. In the Name field, enter a name for the DataSet Job. This is the name of the job as it appears in Workbench, not the name of the uploaded DataSet in Domo.
5. In the Transport Type menu, select Local File Provider, External Process File Provider, or FTP/SFTP File Provider. Descriptions for these transport methods are as follows:

   Transport Method	Description
   Local File Provider	Lets you select a file from your machine or a network.
   External Process File Provider	Lets you use a third-party application to pull data into Domo using a script.
   FTP/SFTP File Provider	Lets you retrieve a file via FTP, SFTP (SSH-FTP), or FTPS (FTP-SSL)

6. In the Reader Type menu, select Excel.
7. In the DataSet Name field, enter the name of the DataSet. This is the name of the uploaded DataSet in Domo. This is the only setting you can change after saving the new job.
8. In the DataSet Type field, select the type of DataSet in the dropdown. The DataSet type you select or enter here is reflected as the connector type in Domo after you execute the job.
9. Enter a description for the DataSet if desired. This is the description of the DataSet as it appears in Domo.
10. Click Create. A new Excel DataSet Job is added to the list of jobs for the currently authenticated account. Note that after creating the job, you cannot edit any of the settings you just configured except for the DataSet name. If you want to change any of the other settings, you must create a new job.
11. Click the Configure subtab.
12. Click the Edit button under “Source.” A panel opens with options for specifying the source for your Excel file. The options here differ depending on the transport type you selected earlier.
13. (Conditional) Do one of the following:
    • If you selected Local File Provider as your transport type..
      1. Click the ellipsis (…) in the File Path field.
      2. Select the desired Excel file from your machine or network.
      3. If the file is on a network, check the File on an external network box, then enter the requested credentials.
      4. Click Apply.
    • If you selected External Process File Provider as your transport type…
      1. Click the ellipsis (…) in the Program Executable field.
      2. Select the desired executable file from your machine or network.
      3. (Optional) Enter arguments in the Arguments field, if any.
      4. Click the ellipsis (…) in the Output File Path field.
      5. Select the desired output file path on your machine or network. The file type for the output path must be Excel.
         Important: If you are planning to use the Direct Upload option, do not turn on this option until you first rename your destination columns. For more information, see .
      6. Click Apply.
    • If you selected FTP/ SFTP File Provider as your transport type…
      1. Enter the server name in the Server field.
      2. Enter the port number in the Port field.
      3. Enter your server credentials in the Username and Password fields.
      4. Select the desired protocol (FTP, SFTP, or FTPS).
      5. (Optional) If you have an SSL certificate (SFTP and FTPS only), configure the settings as necessary. For more information about these settings, see Source Processing Options.
      6. In the Remote File field, enter the filename for the field you want to import.
      7. Click Apply.
14. Click the Edit button under “Processing.”
15. (Conditional) If your Excel file is password-protected, enter the password in the Excel File Password field.
16. Using the Selection Range menu, select the desired range type. The following table provides descriptions of the range types:

    Range Type	Description
    Cell Range	Lets you specify the Excel sheet from which you want to pull data, along with the starting cell, ending row, and ending column.
    Named Range	Lets you select a named range from a list. If you have not created any named ranges for this file in Excel, no options appear in this menu.
    Dynamic Range	Lets you skip a specified number of lines at the end of the Excel sheet.

17. Do one of the following:
    • If you selected Cell Range as your selection range…
      1. Select the sheet you want to connect to in the Sheet Name menu.
      2. In Starting Cell, specify the first cell in the range you want to pull data from.
      3. (Conditional) If you want Workbench to pull data from your sheet until it encounters an empty row and/or column, leave the Continue until empty row and/or Continue until empty column boxes checked. Otherwise clear the checkboxes and specify the ending row and column in the Ending Row and Ending Column fields, respectively.
      4. If the first row in your cell range contains column headers, leave the box checked; otherwise clear this box.
    • If you selected Named Range as your selection range…
      1. Select the range in the Named Range menu.
      2. (Conditional) If you want Workbench to pull data from your sheet until it encounters an empty row and/or column, leave the Continue until empty row box checked.
      3. If the first row in your cell range contains column headers, leave the box checked; otherwise clear this box. This is important when building cards in Domo because column headers are used to reference the data in those columns. For more information, see Applying DataSet Columns to Your Chart .
    • If you selected Dynamic Range as your selection range…
      1. Select the sheet you want to connect to in the Sheet Name menu.
      2. In Starting Cell, specify the first cell in the range you want to pull data from.
      3. (Conditional) If you want Workbench to ignore rows at the end of your sheet, specify the number of rows in Ignore Ending Rows.
18. Select the desired update method in the Update Method menu:
    • Select Replace DataSet if you want the DataSet to be replaced entirely upon updating.
    • Select Append to DataSet if you want new data to be added to the existing data set upon updating.

• Scheduling a Job in Workbench 5
• Configuring notifications to be sent when the job update succeeds or fails
• Encrypting and decrypting Workbench data
• Creating new columns using calculations
• Setting a custom date format on a column
• Replacing a value in a column
• Combining DataSets
• Applying filters to columns
• Setting impersonation (which causes Workbench to run the job as an Active Directory user).