Convert Excel to XML

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Convert Excel to XML

Choose Excel file -> Set XML file -> Convert Excel to XML

“Start a New Convert” for “Excel to XML”.

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

1. Open source Excel file.

Support large Excel file ( > 4GB ).

Source Excel file’s content is like this:

2. Config target XML file.

3. Set rows options.

4. Convert Excel to XML.

After converting, you can view the output XML file.

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See also:

• Merge multiple Excel files into one XML
• Batch convert Excel files to XML files

EXCEL → XML reference

Type mapping

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

Dialect differences

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

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

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