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Continue support for .xls files

Status: New Idea Submitted by on ‎10-22-2025 08:38 AM
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My company still uses .xls files regularly due to the older systems we use. I will need to run a macro or directly save the .xls files as .xlsx before running workflows. This is annoying and not necessary likely for Alteryx to continue to progress.

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simonaubert_bd
13 - Pulsar
‎10-23-2025 05:22 AM

Hello @EKasminsky 

xlsx is almost 20 years old, at the time, it was Windows XP at the time ;)  Why do your company still use old softwares? Seems pretty dangerous, not only about pure security but also you may be out of support.

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EKasminsky
9 - Comet
‎10-23-2025 11:16 AM

I think we use some older systems internally that output .xls files. 

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AncientPandaman
13 - Pulsar
‎10-29-2025 08:50 PM

can it save as txt?

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