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# Sheets tab

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Use the table in the **Sheets** tab to specify which worksheets and grid locations for reading data from the Microsoft Excel source files.

The table contains the following columns:

| Column           | Description                                                                                          |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Sheet name**   | The name of the sheet in the Excel workbook to read                                                  |
| **Start row**    | The starting row in the sheet to read. The row numbers are zero-based (start at the number 0).       |
| **Start column** | The starting column in the sheet to read. The column numbers are zero-based (start at the number 0). |

You can also read all the sheets in a workbook by clearing the table and typing only the start row and column in the first row, which will be used for all sheets. To read all the sheets in a workbook, do not specify any sheet name (leave **Sheet name** blank). For this case, the field structure of each sheet needs to be the same.

Click **Get sheetname(s)** to fill out the table with all the sheets from your source specified by **File or directory** in the **Files** tab.


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