Excel Node is not loading ANY files

[Colton_Haseltine]

Describe the problem/error/question

I’m running n8n self hosted and I’ve created an excel credential following the steps on n8n docs. The credential is made but when I try to select a workbook, nothing loads. It says “No results” even though there are files excel workbooks in my one drive.

• Running n8n via Docker Desktop
• Operating system: Mac OS (latest)

[mohamed3nan]

Hi @Colton_Haseltine, welcome!

Is the connection test showing green on your side?

[Colton_Haseltine]

Yes, it is.

[mohamed3nan]

Hmm, I tested this on my end now, and some of the workbooks indeed are not loading!

However, using By ID works, so you need to get the ID,

This also confirms that there might be something buggy with the loading:

ObjectHandle is Invalid in Microsoft Excel nodes

Hi @tamy.santos, I found the solution ! 4C2827D5DBACC3BA!s47b226b86c39473fb91dc3f00d11ef47 This is the Microsoft Graph DriveItem ID. It identifies the file in OneDrive/SharePoint and is required for Graph endpoints like: /me/drive/items/{id}/workbook It’s stable and fully recognized by the Excel API. 47b226b8-6c39-473f-b91d-c3f00d11ef47 This is an internal SharePoint UUID. Used for storage, URLs, eTags, hashes — not recognized by Graph for /workbook, whic…