# Dynamo Sheets with view use

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-sheets-with-view-use/7801>\
**Category:** FAQ\
**Tags:** revit\
**Created:** [November 28, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-sheets-with-view-use/7801 "2016-11-28T17:38:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![JonathanWheeldon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@JonathanWheeldon](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/JonathanWheeldon)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-sheets-with-view-use/7801/1 "2016-11-28T17:38:59Z")

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Trying to important excel sheet names and numbers using dynamo, but the view use of the sheets seems to be getting in the way? has anyone had this issue ?

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**Author:** ![Steven](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/steven/32/112504_2.png) [@Steven](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Steven)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-sheets-with-view-use/7801/2 "2016-11-28T17:51:53Z")

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Check out @Daniel_Woodcock1 Post on this forum post. Its a much better way of going about making sheets.

> [@Insert Legend in sheet](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/insert-legend-in-sheet/4018/10):
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> Hi @Ewan_Opie, Apologies for the late reply, I haven’t been on here in a while. I see what you are trying to do, please see my comment on the other post you submitted (below) [https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/repeating-and-maintaining-run-order-of-user-input/6562](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/repeating-and-maintaining-run-order-of-user-input/6562) In short, you can add a dummy port to the python script or custom component and plug in a boolean toggle, then switch this before running the script again, it doesn’t matter if it true or false, as long as you change the value dynamo wi…

But if you do want to uses the Sheet.By… Node you just need to plug a view into the last option. Uses Views (Built in node) and select a view that is already placed on a sheet (I like the vicinity map). Should work fine as long as everything else is in order.