Batch convert XML files to Excel files

Shiji Pan

1 year ago

Want to batch convert XML files to Excel files?

Try Withdata Data File Converter, a desktop XML to Excel converter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Batch convert XML to Excel, Easy and Fast.

Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
Convert files locally and privately, avoid uploading large XML file(s) to online services.
Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Click “Start a New Convert” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

Select From “Files” “XML” To “Files” “Excel”.

And config the first source XML file.

List source XML files.

After converting, you can view output Excel files.

XML → EXCEL reference

Value kind	in XML	in EXCEL
Int	`<int>1234</int>`	`1234 (a real numeric cell)`
Bigint	`<bigint>9007199254740993</bigint>`	`9007199254740993 (exact only while the cell stays text)`
Decimal	`<decimal>1234.56</decimal>`	`1234.56 (numeric cell, format controls the displayed decimals)`
Float	`<float>1.234e10</float>`	`1.234E+10 (numeric cell)`
Text	`<char>text</char>`	`text cell; leading zeros survive only if the column is text`
Long text	`<text>multi-line text</text> (entities for & <)`	`text cell; wraps inside the cell rather than the row`
Date	`<date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD)`	`a serial number plus a date cell format`
Datetime	`<datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime)`	`a serial number plus a date-time cell format`
Binary	`<blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary)`	`not representable as data`
Boolean	`<bool>true</bool>`	`TRUE / FALSE (a real boolean cell)`
JSON	`escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree`	`a text cell; the quotes are part of the value`

Both XML and EXCEL are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.

Property	in XML	in EXCEL
identifiers	`Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ...`	`Not applicable; a cell holds exactly one value`
dates	`Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play)`	`Stored as a serial number; only the cell format makes it lo...`
binary	`base64Binary / hexBinary inside text`	`Only as text or an embedded object, not as a data column`
separator	`Tags, not delimiters`	`Cells, not delimiters`
encoding	`Declared in the XML declaration`	`UTF-8 internally, declared in the package`
typing	`None in the markup itself`	`Real cell types: text, number, date, boolean, error`
shape	`Arbitrary tree`	`Multiple sheets, each a flat grid`
ceiling	`Whole document is usually parsed into memory`	`1,048,576 rows x 16,384 columns per sheet; 255 sheets per w...`

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