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@Anthony96pi Anthony96pi commented Mar 31, 2026 •
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Extract and store sheet names from XLSX files.

  • The aim is to enable dynamic access to the sheet names in an xlsx file, as the sheet names are required to read the file.
  • To achieve this, this PR extends the existing XLSX class in binary.py by adding metadata and implementing a set_meta function to extract the sheet names.

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  • I've included appropriate automated tests.
  • This is a refactoring of components with existing test coverage.
  • Instructions for manual testing are as follows:
    1. [add testing steps and prerequisites here if you didn't write automated tests covering all your changes]

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Add sheet_names metadata to XLSX datatype
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Extract and store sheet names from XLSX files without loading full workbook content. Uses zipfile to read only workbook.xml.

- Add sheet_names MetadataElement with ListParameter
- Implement get_xlsx_sheet_names() using xml.etree

This metadata enables tools to:
- Display sheet information without opening files
@github-project-automation github-project-automation bot moved this from Needs Review to Done in Galaxy Dev - weeklies Mar 31, 2026
@Anthony96pi Anthony96pi deleted the addMetadata_xlsx branch March 31, 2026 13:50
@Anthony96pi Anthony96pi restored the addMetadata_xlsx branch March 31, 2026 14:08
@Anthony96pi Anthony96pi reopened this Mar 31, 2026
@github-project-automation github-project-automation bot moved this from Done to In Progress in Galaxy Dev - weeklies Mar 31, 2026
@github-actions github-actions bot added this to the 26.1 milestone Mar 31, 2026
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