[Qgis-user] Cannot add XLS table, no recognized data type

[Lene Fischer]

Hi
In 2.0 on my computer i works- Please remember to close the file in Excel before opening in QGIS - I get an Attribute table. If you want to open and use colums as x and y coordinates - Save your xls to csv and open as CSV.
Regards
Lene
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Fra: qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] på vegne af Chrest, David [davidc at rti.org]
Sendt: 5. november 2013 14:07
Til: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
Emne: [Qgis-user] Cannot add XLS table, no recognized data type

The QGIS 2.0 User Guide states that I can add Excel (XLS) files like other layers and tables. Page 50 of Anita Graser’s Learning QGIS 2.0 book (great book by the way) also says “…we can load XLS files by simply dragging them into QGIS from the file browser or using Add Vector Layer.” However, My .xls file does not appear in the file browser. And when I try to add it by other methods, I get the “…is not a valid or recognized data source” error message. Am I missing something obvious? Is there something I need to do to be able to ad .xls tables that was not documented?
Thanks for any help.

David

David Chrest
Research GIS Analyst
RTI International
3040 Cornwallis Rd, PO Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC  27709-2194

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