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Excel export guide

Understand what’s in an Excel export.

An Excel file may contain several sheets with different kinds of data. Find each sheet in one workspace, check its rows and columns, and decide what’s worth a closer look.

Open an Excel file Your workbook is read locally in your browser.

Treat each sheet as a source

Unwrap opens supported .xlsx workbooks and makes their sheets available as datasets. Cards help with wide records, Table helps compare rows, and Structure shows the detected columns and values. The workbook’s sheet context remains visible so two similarly named tables do not become indistinguishable.

Three steps to understand the workbook

01

Open the workbook

Choose an `.xlsx` file directly or one inside a ZIP export. Review the sheets Unwrap finds.

02

Check the shape

Open a sheet and check its columns, row count, and example values.

03

Explore the useful sheets

Compare rows in Table, inspect individual records in Cards, or check detected fields in Structure.

Keep the workbook context

Each sheet appears as its own dataset, with the workbook and sheet name available as its source. If a sheet could not be opened, check Files and Findings for details; other sheets may still be available. Unwrap shows cell values, not the workbook’s visual layout or an editable spreadsheet. For supported Excel formats, see supported formats.

Common questions

Can I edit a sheet in Unwrap?

No. Unwrap is a read-only exploration workspace. Use Excel or another spreadsheet app to edit or save the workbook.

Can I open a workbook inside a ZIP?

Yes, if the archive and .xlsx are supported. See open a ZIP data export.

Should I convert the workbook to CSV first?

Not just to inspect it. Opening the workbook preserves its separate sheet sources. A CSV contains only one plain table; see CSV vs Excel.

Continue exploring

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