One of the more common requests from our customers is the ability to import data into LightSwitch applications. While this can be done programmatically, it’s pretty common to store data in Excel documents. This tutorial will walk through using an Excel Import extension that our team has built.

Download the Excel Import Extension

Before importing the extension, update the Visual Studio version in the manifest file:

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/9744ef14-7d2b-4793-8268-b1a9f8cf2c2b/excel-importer-for-visual-studio-lightswitch-2013?forum=lsextensibility

 

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/lightswitch/archive/2011/04/13/how-to-import-data-from-excel.aspx