Need of reading one particular sheet.

[Kyeiv]

Since the xlsx format supports storing multiple tabs named differently and with different columns there is a need for supporting such files. It could be done by giving the user an ability to specify which sheet to read from by adding the Id or Name.

[BillyBolton]

Is there an expected timeline for this issue?

[mdeinum]

Currently the readers will read all the sheets and try to map it to objects. I'm considering adding support for configurating the start/end sheet. So if an Excel file has say 6 sheets you can configure it to start at sheet 2 and end at sheet 4 (or 2 if only a single one is needed).

Still pondering on the configuration for this. Should it be a simple startSheet and endSheet property or a sheets property that can accept a pattern like 2-4 or 1,3-6 to specify specific sheets and ranges.

[acfo]

For my use case it would be more helpful to name the sheet.

[Adrastopoulos]

Opened #218 with setSheetNames(String...) on AbstractExcelItemReader.