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Status Under review
Workspace IBM watsonx Orchestrate
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 25, 2026

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Support XLSX file for TEXT&DOC EXTRACTION NODES

[Request]

I would like to request wxO to support XLSX files for both FILE UPLOAD, and TEXT AND DOCUMENT EXTRACTION NODE.

Currently, wxO onlly allow us to upload XLSX files via FILE UPLOAD NODE, however, the content is recognized as binary file as attached screenshot.

[Rationale]

Without the Text and Document Extraction nodes, the content of an Excel file is recognized as binary data. The competing product, Dify, which is used by all Large Bank clients in Japan market, provides node for extracting text from Excel files function, whereas watsonx Orchestrate does not. Supporting Excel files are mandatory for our Japanese Large Bank clients to chose watsonx Orchestrate as their prime AI Agent platform.


[For your references]

1) FILE UPLOAD not supporting XLSX

Attached screenshot: "EXCEL recognized as binary.jpg"

Kindly refer to attached screenshot as an evidence for "Agentic Workflows' Text and Document Extraction nodes" not handling extraction from XLXS file.

2) TEXT AND DOCUMENT EXTRACTION not supporting XLSX

3) The competitor, Dify, supports text extraction from XLSX files

https://docs.dify.ai/ja/use-3ify/nodes/doc-extractor






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Idea priority High
  • Guest
    May 7, 2026

    Regarding file size requirements, below is the distribution of Excel file sizes we have received from customers:

    Size range

    Values included

    Count

    0–<1 MB

    207K, 551K, 317K, 330K, 578K

    5

    1–<10 MB

    1M, 1.2M

    2

    10–<20 MB

    15.8M

    1

    20–<100 MB

    59.6M

    1

    Based on this, support for 10–20MB files is considered mandatory, while support for 20–100MB would be desirable. In particular, Excel files containing macros tend to be larger in size, which is one of the main drivers for larger file requirements.

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