# Excel to Dynamo

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/excel-to-dynamo/107861>\
**Category:** Revit\
**Tags:** dynamo\
**Created:** [February 10, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/excel-to-dynamo/107861 "2025-02-10T14:11:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Andrej](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/andrej/32/172909_2.png) [@Andrej](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Andrej)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/excel-to-dynamo/107861/1 "2025-02-10T14:11:40Z")

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Hi,

I made a graph that imports room data from excel file. I set all room numbers to be Text in the excel file, but Dynamo thinks that some values are numbers. Why? What am I missing?

[POVRSINE.xlsx](https://forum.dynamobim.com/uploads/short-url/qsSUpJpVGDmUhaIBPTxnMRQ2ePR.xlsx) (26.9 KB)  
[Import Room Parameter Values from Excel.dyn](https://forum.dynamobim.com/uploads/short-url/z5GdVj9i1NPqGJvBjpsfgV5UwOL.dyn) (76.4 KB)

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**Author:** ![Nick\_Boyts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/nick_boyts/32/76313_2.png) [@Nick\_Boyts](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Nick_Boyts)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/excel-to-dynamo/107861/2 "2025-02-10T14:28:56Z")

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Can you share a screenshot with all the node preview bubbles pinned so we can see what your graph is doing in your model? Make sure all nodes are visible (and legible) and that you’ve included any warnings or errors.

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**Author:** ![Andrej](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/andrej/32/172909_2.png) [@Andrej](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Andrej)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/excel-to-dynamo/107861/3 "2025-02-10T15:26:25Z")

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I had to add prefix ’ in excel fields and it solved the issue

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**Author:** ![Mike.Buttery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@Mike.Buttery](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Mike.Buttery)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/excel-to-dynamo/107861/4 "2025-02-11T00:01:33Z")

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Set ‘readAsStrings’ to `true`

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/5/5/550759b92bc6ac70de1e4e3e8e67b7121fe89b6e.png)