If it's feasible to do your metadata extraction upstream of MarkLogic (i.e.,
before insertion) you might take a look at Apache Tika. It's designed for this
sort of thing.
You could also setup it up in a simple web service callable from MarkLogic.
POST the spreadsheet to it and have it return the metadata in whatever form you
like.
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On Oct 17, 2014, at 3:35 PM, Gary Russo <garyru...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Dennis,
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> Yes, I tried xdmp:excel-convert() but this does not get the worksheet
> metadata either.
>
> The metadata that I need to retrieve from the older excel format is the
> “Named Fields”.
>
> Users create them using the Excel “Named Box” feature as shown here. =>
> http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/exceltips/qt/81225namebox.htm
>
> It looks like my only option is to use the Apache POI Java API to extract the
> named fields or use it to convert xls-to-xlsx on-the-fly.
> =>https://poi.apache.org/apidocs
>
> I know there’s a hidden way to use MarkLogic’s underlying JVM.
>
> It would be great if I could use it to call the Apache POI code.
>
> But that’s a question for another day.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Gary Russo
>
>
> Gary Russo
> Enterprise NoSQL Developer
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>
>
>
> From: general-boun...@developer.marklogic.com
> [mailto:general-boun...@developer.marklogic.com] On Behalf Of David Ennis
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 5:02 PM
> To: MarkLogic Developer Discussion
> Subject: Re: [MarkLogic Dev General] Is there a way to extract worksheet
> metadata from an Excel 97/2003?
>
> HI.
>
> I believe that with the conversion licence, you can do what you want with:
> xdmp:excel-convert
>
> Barring that, you could always run openoffice as a headless server for
> conversion purposes.
>
> Kind Regards,
> David Ennis
>
>
>
>
>
> Kind Regards,
> David Ennis
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> On 16 October 2014 20:00, Gary Russo <garyru...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I need to extract worksheet metadata called “defined name” from Excel 97/2003
> formatted spreadsheets.
>
> The ISYS xdmp:document-filter() API is limiting because it only extracts the
> text.
>
> It does not extract any worksheet metadata.
>
> Does anyone know of a workaround for this?
>
> My only thought is to upload the “Excel 97/2003” xls file and then convert it
> on the server to an “Excel 2010” xlsx format.
>
> Once it’s in an Excel 2010 format, I can easily extract the “defined name”
> metadata.
>
> This is what it looks like in “Excel 2010” files.
>
> <definedNames>
> <definedName name="LastYr">Revenue!$B$6:$B$15</definedName>
> <definedName name="ThisYr">Revenue!$C$6:$C$15</definedName>
> <definedName name="Variance">Revenue!$D$6:$D$15</definedName>
> </definedNames>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Gary Russo
>
>
> Gary Russo
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