https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-Splunk-index-excel-spreadsheet-without-converting-its-data/m-p/170574#M34485 <P>Splunk only reads plain text, so yes you need to convert it prior to indexing</P> <P>Regards</P> Tue, 05 Aug 2014 09:57:15 GMT gfuente 2014-08-05T09:57:15Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-Splunk-index-excel-spreadsheet-without-converting-its-data/m-p/170573#M34484 <P>Is it possible to index excel spreadsheet data(.xls,.xlsx)without converting data into binary . Do we need to first convert excel data into csv data for indexing?</P> Tue, 05 Aug 2014 09:50:58 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-Splunk-index-excel-spreadsheet-without-converting-its-data/m-p/170573#M34484 kratikaj07 2014-08-05T09:50:58Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-Splunk-index-excel-spreadsheet-without-converting-its-data/m-p/170574#M34485 <P>Splunk only reads plain text, so yes you need to convert it prior to indexing</P> <P>Regards</P> Tue, 05 Aug 2014 09:57:15 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-Splunk-index-excel-spreadsheet-without-converting-its-data/m-p/170574#M34485 gfuente 2014-08-05T09:57:15Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-Splunk-index-excel-spreadsheet-without-converting-its-data/m-p/170575#M34486 <P>Thanks..So do I need to convert it into csv file then only upload for indexing?</P> Tue, 05 Aug 2014 10:06:05 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-Splunk-index-excel-spreadsheet-without-converting-its-data/m-p/170575#M34486 kratikaj07 2014-08-05T10:06:05Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-Splunk-index-excel-spreadsheet-without-converting-its-data/m-p/170576#M34487 <P>yes you need to convert it</P> Tue, 05 Aug 2014 10:20:27 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-Splunk-index-excel-spreadsheet-without-converting-its-data/m-p/170576#M34487 gfuente 2014-08-05T10:20:27Z