Read Excel (.xlsx, .xls) files into a Spark DataFrame from an AIDP notebook. Use when the user mentions Excel, .xlsx, .xls, or has spreadsheet files in a Volume / Object Storage bucket. Two paths — the `com.crealytics.spark.excel` Spark format (cluster jar required) and a `pandas → CSV → spark.read.csv` fallback that needs no jars.
Install
npx skills add oracle-samples/oracle-aidp-samples --skill aidp-excelnpx skills add oracle-samples/oracle-aidp-samples --skill aidp-excel -a claude-code -gnpx skills add oracle-samples/oracle-aidp-samples --skill aidp-excel -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/oracle-samples/oracle-aidp-samples.git --path ai/claude-code-plugins/oracle-ai-data-platform-workbench-spark-connectors/skills/aidp-excelgh skill install oracle-samples/oracle-aidp-samples aidp-excelgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/oracle-samples/oracle-aidp-samples /tmp/oracle-samples__oracle-aidp-samples
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/oracle-samples__oracle-aidp-samples/ai/claude-code-plugins/oracle-ai-data-platform-workbench-spark-connectors/skills/aidp-excel ~/.claude/skills/aidp-excel # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/oracle-samples__oracle-aidp-samples/ai/claude-code-plugins/oracle-ai-data-platform-workbench-spark-connectors/skills/aidp-excel ~/.agents/skills/aidp-excel # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode