Register a Worksheet From an Excel File in Excel
If needed, set connection information to the
MashZone NextGen Server where you want to publish this mashable. See
Configuring the Connection to
MashZone NextGen for instructions. See
Register a Worksheet as a Spreadsheet Mashable in
MashZone NextGen for basic information.
To register a worksheet from an Excel file in Excel
1. Click 
Register/Update a Spreadsheet Mashable in the MashZone NextGen Toolbar. 2. Click Next in the welcome window of the Register Wizard.
3. Set the From Excel File option and choose the file location.
If your workbook is located on your computer or on a network drive:
a. Set the Local Excel File Location option.
b. Click Browse and locate the Excel file that you want to use.
c. Enter the worksheet and Range of cells to use in the form:
sheet-name$corner-cell:corner-cell
For example: Sheet1$A1:G348
d. Click Next.
If the workbook is in SharePoint or a document management system and is available using HTTP and a URL:
a. Set the Remote Excel File Location option.
b. Enter the full URL to the worksheet you want to use.
c. If SharePoint or the document management system requires credentials to access this workbook:
Click
Credentials.
Change the
Authentication Type to
Basic Web Authentication or
Windows Authentication.
Enter the user name and password to use as credentials.
For Windows authentication, enter the Windows domain for these credentials.
d. Enter the worksheet and Range of cells to use in this worksheet in the form:
sheet-name$corner-cell:corner-cell
For example: Sheet1$A1:G348
e. Click Next.
4. Select the option to use for column names in the spreadsheet mashable:
Use first row of range as column names is the default.
Pick a row number for column names set this option and enter the number of the row within your range of cells that contains column names.
Select a range for column names set this option and click
Select Columns. In the worksheet, select a range of cells within
one row that you want to use as column names and click
Done.
If any cell in this row is empty, the MashZone NextGen Add-On for Excel will generate simple column names.
5. Click Next.
6. Complete information for the mashable you are registering:
a. Enter a unique Name for this mashable.
MashZone NextGen uses the mashable name to assign a unique identifer to mashables. Mashable names can contain characters from the character sets supported by theMashZone NextGenRepository, numbers, spaces, tabs, line ends and these common symbols: _ ~ - * ' .
b. Optionally, select a Provider for this mashable, add Tags or enter a Description for this mashable.
You can also use the built-in provider: NONE.
c. Click Next.
7. Click OK once all information is correct.
Excel confirms that the mashable is successfully registered.
