python xlrd Reviews & Product Details

It is mainly used to extract data from the excel spreadsheets in bulk. The community of users that it contains is proactive and super supportive. Tasks of documentation have every details on point. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You need to install other modules in order to work with xlrd as it does not stands alone. Moreover, heavy competition is running between openpyxl and Xlrd. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it is good because you can fetch excel file data into the program to do manipulations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

if the excel file is binary file this doesn't work and give some encoded data

Shared Strings file not in expected location. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has a powerful system that manages to control and manipulate the data of excel spreadsheets. Furthermore, it proves to be very useful for the purpose of data collection procedure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A number of competitors that specializes in the same field are providing with more than basic options. And are more effective and advanced. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can play a vital role in the procedure of collecting data for different tasks. Moreover, it has a really strong module that helps in manipulating the data from excel sheets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are many softwares in the market that are in competition with Python and provide with added options and extra features than the Python. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Very easy to use, I think the interface is really great. I am new to python and working with Pyton xlrd just feels seamless Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think the layout could be a little better, it doesnt cause much of a problem however, a better arrangement can certainly help! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of the most useful module if one wants to play with excel format. Great features to have data in excel in the format you want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are some other modules as well which have more features as compared to xlrd. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Python xlrd makes reading data from old excel sheets easy, and makes formatting them to newer versions even easier Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you are accustomed to using python, it looks very complicated and hard to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Can be used to do manipulation xls files only, will not work on xlsx. I will recommend using openpyxl for xlsx files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Only support xls files, this is a huge limitation if you are working with XLSX extension. I will consider finding alternative solution if you have mix bag of spreadsheet extensions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ability to streamline daily tasked to automated activities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes coding is not very user friendlly to debug Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It makes my work done in a productive way Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can be difficult to install occasionally for certain users Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.