Shared Excel files don’t appear in Workbooks list

Questions
1

Hi everyone,

I’m using n8n (latest beta version) , My workflow is getting data from notion and after some work i update a specified Excel file with the Microsoft Excel Nodes

I’m logged in with a Microsoft account that has access to an existing Excel file, but the file is shared with me (I’m not the owner).

Issue

When configuring the Excel node:

  • Workbook → By list
    → Only shows files owned by my account ( same account connected with n8n)

  • The Excel file that is shared with me does NOT appear in the list

I’ve seen in other topics that a common workaround is:

  • Switching from “By list” to “By path” / “Manually”

  • Providing the SharePoint file path or URL

However, in my case:

  • I’m using the current beta

  • I only see “By ID” and “By list”

  • There is no option to use path or URL manually

Question

  • Is this expected behavior for shared files?

  • Is there a recommended way to reference shared Excel files (not owned) in the Excel node to let my workflow update on?

2

Altho, I checked if i got the files in OneDrive/shared , and there are bunch of them , propaby the actual node works only with the files u own , if thats the case , is there any way or a trick that i can do ( like have a specific ownership of the file etc..)