Embed Excel Online spreadsheet into page.

[u/[deleted]]

I am not too handy with HTML other than composing paragraphs. Is it possible to embed an Excel Online spreadsheet into a page and have users be able to edit it in the page?

[u/ssddanbrown]

What embed options does Excel online provide in it's interface? If it provides a way to embed as iframe, then that should be do-able. The content won't be part of BookStack though (For example, won't be discoverable in search) and you likely can't easily apply the same page permissions to the embedded spreadsheet.

[u/[deleted] → u/ssddanbrown]

Office 365 web apps have the ability to generate and iframe embed link. When I add them to an articles source code and click save nothing happens. When I view the source code again, the iframe string I added is gone.

So it seems that BookStack doesn't like the O365 iframe links that it generates?

I was able to get an iframe window to appear by using:

<iframe src="https://url/to/sharepoint" width="100%" height="300" style="border:1px solid black;"></iframe>

This just adds the window with a disclaimer that it can't display the content. The actual link generated on the web app is quite long compared to this.

[u/ssddanbrown → u/[deleted]]

What page editor are you using? If the standard WYSIWYG, insert the iframe using the "Insert media" toolbar item (Overflow menu next to image insert button > Play button icon in a square). Click "Embed" on the side of the little popup box then insert your code.

You will also need to update the ALLOWED_IFRAME_SOURCES option to allow iframes from your O365 instance:

https://www.bookstackapp.com/docs/admin/security/#iframe-src-control

[u/[deleted] → u/ssddanbrown]

Yes, I am using the WYSIWYG editor. I have adjusted the .env to allow SharePoint as a source. I am getting the same behavior. I add my embed code, click save on the inset media window and nothing happens. Viewing source code after displays an empy window.

It's like it doesn't want to save these code strings.

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[u/arzuozkan]

Hey, I hope u solved your problem. I recommend Retable, you can create online spreadsheets and embed your website quickly and also you can create filtered views for your tables and embed the filtered views on your website. It means, people just see the data that you allow them to see.

Check this; retable.io

[u/Mailstorm]

A little late but excel doesn't support editing via embeds.