One option would be to use the open source POI libraries from Java, called from COBOL via JNI. Warning, JNI is not for the faint of heart.
Jonathan Eosze | Sr Computer Sys Engr | IT Operations Mainframe Management 1 (IMS), Information Technology, USAA -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ron Thomas Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 12:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: EXTERNAL: Exporting Excel to Dataset We have a requirement that looks for exporting an Excel template with data in a tabular format from an FTP folder location to a mainframe PDS which later needs to be accessed via COBOL for some business processing logic. We know that this works fine if the input Excel file is in .CSV format. What we are looking for is, if anyone is aware of any such functionalities where we can accept and export the Excel template as such to a PDS that is readable by COBOL without being converted to a .CSV file? Thanks Ron T ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN