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Export: Excel

Converts a data contract into an ODCS Excel template — a user-friendly spreadsheet for authoring, sharing, and managing data contracts.

datacontract export excel orders.odcs.yaml --output orders.xlsx

Running this against the example orders contract produces an orders.xlsx workbook with the ODCS template sheets — fundamentals, servers, the orders and line_items schemas, quality, and service levels — pre-filled from the contract.

The Excel format enables:

  • User-friendly authoring in Excel's familiar interface.
  • Easy sharing as standard Excel files.
  • Collaboration with non-technical stakeholders.
  • Round-trip conversion back to YAML via import excel.

For the template structure, see the ODCS Excel Template repository.