# Bring Excel data into Knowledge with first-class .xlsx/.xls ingestion

> Knowledge now natively ingests Excel files by routing spreadsheets through the CSV reader. Each sheet is parsed into its own document with sheet-level metadata and normalized cell content.

- Published: 2026-01-21
- Author: Agno Team
- Category: Changelog
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Knowledge now natively ingests Excel files by routing spreadsheets through the CSV reader. Each sheet is parsed into its own document with sheet-level metadata and normalized cell content. This removes manual pre-processing steps and makes enterprise spreadsheet data immediately searchable and useful in retrieval workflows.

Details:

- Each sheet becomes a separate, metadata-rich document for targeted retrieval
- Normalized cell content improves parsing, chunking, and search quality
- Works via SDK and API with no special configuration

Who this is for: Knowledge and data platform teams standardizing enterprise documents for RAG and search.