Is there an excel addin available right now to connect to AML model API(ACI)? I could see below solution for classic studio but not for AML.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/studio/excel-add-in-for-web-services#steps-to-add-a-new-web-service
Currently this feature is not available i.e.,an excel addin not available right now, however you can easily connect via a VB macro. You can open a feature request here.
Please follow the below example.
https://github.com/retkowsky/AzureML_Excel
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Q1. Are there any method to distribute excel office add-in(w/ office.js) in privately?
(Will office.js add-in also be distributed like VSTO's .exe OR .xla/.xlam macro files with password?)
Q2. If I run office add-in server(node.js) on my on-premise server, What will have to be distributed to the end-users?
(I want to hide the core source logic unlike VBA macro.)
I am now developing an excel office add-in. But there seems to be some limitation to deploy to the end-users in my company.(We are now testing environment for pilot, and using office 365 but it is restricted by IT's policy)
When I refer to the official documentation below, the docs says that the way to deploy add-in in privately are Microsoft 365 admin center OR SharePoint catalog.(AppSource is publicly for everyone.)
refer. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/publish/publish
However, it seems that it have to use Microsoft's services or components like SharePoint or admin center. I don't want to use these items because I want to flexibly cope with various environments.
I have also read the article as below.
refer. How to distribute private office add-ins?
But the reply thread seems that the writer couldn't get the appropriate answer what I also want to know.
I want to know the other ways to distribute excel office add-in(w/ office.js) without unveiling my core source logic and what is the minimum materials I have to provide to the end-users(i.g. manifest or something).
Typically, as you have already know, you need to host the add-in's source code on the web server anywhere. The manifest file just refers to the place where the sources are stored. And the single file which should be provided to be able to side-load add-ins locally is the manifest file. Everything else is hosted under your control.
Due to the nature of the web technology you can't hide the source code from users. The add-in acts like a regular web page. The best what you could do is to obfuscate your code.
Is it possible to make web requests to an external url to grab data or post data to?
This way you can easily get data from external API's.
Here's the document to doing web requests in Office Scripts
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/excel/custom-functions-web-reqs?view=word-js-preview
Please note that there is JavaScript for Office Add-ins (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/?view=word-js-preview) and should be tagged #office-js.
This type of JavaScript can be used in different Office applications (web and desktop) to create add-ins that will work in both web apps and desktop applications.
This Office JavaScript API can be explored using Script Lab.
The tag #Office-Scripts reference Office Scripts for Excel on the web (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/scripts/) which is also in preview and currently only available in Excel on the Web.
It can be enabled from the Admin portal of Microsoft365 (Formerly Office 365) under Settings/Settings and appears in Excel on the Web as a new tab called Automation.
It gives users the possibility to record macros and create scripts via the Office Scripts editor pane. Office-Scripts for Excel on the Web uses TypeScript. It is more limited in its scope than Office Add-in JavaScript.
So, to answer the question with regards to Office-Scripts for Excel on the Web, and as stated in the documentation, it is currently not possible to reference external API.
Read more here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/scripts/resources/add-ins-differences
I am creating an Office 365 plugin for Excel using Angular. I use Office-JS library to interact with Excel. My plugin appears in the Excel task-pane.
I want to know that my add-in is open/close in task-pane via code, I want to know as I need to solve some issue related to this in my add-in.
Unfortunately our API doesn't provide the event for Taskpane open/close. which is a known feature gap.
So would you please provide us feedback via https://officespdev.uservoice.com/forums/224641-feature-requests-and-feedback?category_id=163563 and upvote for this feature. Thanks for your support.
Am I right to conclude that I may have to wait for certain objects and methods to appear in order to launch one office App from another?
I'm trying to link a number of Excel lines (customer interactions) one to one with OneNote pages.
I cannot find Office-js methods equivalent to those used in this VBA. I looked in the Office.js documentation and see only a couple of methods.
It is perfectly possible that I'm barking up the wrong tree.
This isn't possible with using Office.js. It's important to remember that each Web Add-in runs within its own sandbox and is essentially just a web app. It simply isn't possible for a Web Add-in to determine what other applications you have and remotely execute code against them (nor would you really want this if you consider the potential security risks that would open up).
What you can do however is leverage Microsoft Graph to interact with OneNote. So rather than having Excel drive OneNote over COM, you have your Web Add-in act as middleware between the current Excel Worksheet and a user's OneNote Notebook. You Add-in uses Office.js to communicate with the Worksheet and make REST calls to Microsoft Graph to interact the Notebook.
The first thing you'll need is an Access Token for the Excel user to use with Microsoft Graph. You can obtain this using the getAccessToken() method in Office.js. The steps for setting this up can be found at Authorize to Microsoft Graph in your Office Add-in (preview).
The second thing you'll need is to call Microsoft Graph. Assuming you want to keep things simple, I would use the Microsoft Graph Client SDK for Javascript for this. You'll also want to take a look at the OneNote API overview
from Microsoft Graph's documentation.
There are also some samples in OneNote's GitHub. Although none of the samples are exactly what you're looking for, they may still provide some valuable insights into how the API works.
I want to develop a Windows Store app that reads data from a Microsoft Excel Sheet.
I'm looking for a solution for this, something like hosting the Excel sheet on a server and using some API or an SDK to read its content.
Also can SharePoint Online, Azure or Office 365 provide such functionality ? I didn't work with these tools before so I don't know what they can really offer for my scenario.
What can be the best solution to achieve this ?
You can refer the following link for SDK to read Microsoft Excel files,
http://www.syncfusion.com/products/file-formats/xlsio
Regards,
Riyaj Ahamed I