# Open password protected XLS file

**URL:** <https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/open-password-protected-xls-file/1171>\
**Category:** CloverDX Platform\
**Created:** [February 6, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/open-password-protected-xls-file/1171 "2013-02-06T00:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sbullen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@sbullen](https://forum.cloverdx.com/u/sbullen)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/open-password-protected-xls-file/1171/1 "2013-02-06T00:00:00Z")

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Hi,

How can I embed excel file passwords within a graph? There doesn’t seem to be a place to store it in the XLSDataReader dialog.

Using Community version.

Thanks,

Sebastian

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**Author:** ![slechtaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@slechtaj](https://forum.cloverdx.com/u/slechtaj)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/open-password-protected-xls-file/1171/2 "2013-02-07T09:15:18Z")

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Hi,

This functionality is part of SpreadsheetDataReader component, which is available in CloverETL commercial version only. Unfortunately, there is no option how to read password protected XLS/XLSX files in community version.

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**Author:** ![sbullen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@sbullen](https://forum.cloverdx.com/u/sbullen)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/open-password-protected-xls-file/1171/3 "2013-02-07T15:45:31Z")

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Thanks for the quickly reply, Jan.