XLS Sheet Properties

The XLS Sheet Properties node changes sheet properties, such as freeze, auto-filter, hidden columns, or hidden rows.

This node defines a formatting instruction only which needs to be written to an xlsx file via the XLS Formatter (apply) node subsequently.

Options

applies to tag (single tag only): Tag in your input table for which the formatting of this node should be applied to.

freeze sheet at tagged cell: Freeze your sheet at a specific cell (more precisely: at its top-left corner) identified via a tag in the control table. Note that the tag may occur more than once in the control table. In this case, the top-left-most occurrence is used.
set auto-filter for tagged cell range: Set an auto-filter for a range based on a single rectangular range of a matching tag in the control table.
hide columns of tagged cells: Hide the columns from your sheet based on a matching tag in any of the columns' cells.
hide rows of tagged cells: Hide the rows from your sheet based on a matching tag in any of the rows' cells.

: XLS Control Table holding tags that define which cells of the sheet to format.
: The XLS Formatter input port potentially holding previous formatting instructions that the instructions of this node shall be added to.

: The XLS Formatter output port holding the collected formatting instructions including the added formatting information from this node.

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To use this node in KNIME, install the extension XLS Formatting & Utilities from the below update site following our NodePit Product and Node Installation Guide:

v5.9

Plugin provider: Continental

Plugin version: 1.6.0.v202511121125

On NodePit since: 2025-12-12

Last update: 2026-01-09

KNIME versions: Since v3.7

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