laurentleseigneur / bonita-connector-read-excel

read an excel file in a connector

Bonita connector read excel

This connector can read an Excel file.

The first line will be used as output field name.

Given this sample :

Input parameters

Parameter	Description	Type
excelDocument	input file	org.bonitasoft.engine.bpm.document.Document

Output parameter structure

Result is a java.util.List.

[excelData:
    [
        [customer: "john", "date of birth": "Tue Mar 20 00:00:00 CET 1956", income: 4561.0],
        [customer: "jack", "date of birth": "Mon Sep 06 00:00:00 CET 1948", income: 8652.0],
        [customer: "helen", "date of birth": "Sun Dec 06 00:00:00 CET 1970", income: 6587.0]
    ]
]

Use result in connector output operation

excelResult.each { excelLine ->
    def customer = excelLine.customer
    def dateOfBirth = excelLine.'date of birth'(1)
    def income = excelLine.income

    // add your business logic
}

1. Be aware of time zone issue since it’s a java.util.Date

Build

To build the connector project, type the following command at the root of the project :

./mvnw clean install

The built archive can be found in here target/[artifact id]-[artifact version].zip after the build.