# Excel Serializer - complex schema

**URL:** <https://community.integray.com/t/excel-serializer-complex-schema/208>\
**Category:** Platform discussions\
**Tags:** configuration, connector\
**Created:** [October 26, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://community.integray.com/t/excel-serializer-complex-schema/208 "2023-10-26T06:34:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![kamila.mala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a3d4f5/32.png) [@kamila.mala](https://community.integray.com/u/kamila.mala)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://community.integray.com/t/excel-serializer-complex-schema/208/1 "2023-10-26T06:34:20Z")

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Hello, may I ask if you are planning to enable the use of complex schemas in the Excel Serializer connector in the future? Thank you.

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**Author:** ![tomas.kocyan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.integray.com/tomas.kocyan/32/41_2.png) [@tomas.kocyan](https://community.integray.com/u/tomas.kocyan)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://community.integray.com/t/excel-serializer-complex-schema/208/2 "2023-10-27T06:10:26Z")

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Writing complex schemas into Excel is not currently planned and probably doesn’t make much sense. The output schema is a table, and Excel is a table, so it results in a straightforward data stream without any transformation.

If you wish to split the JSON column into separate columns, you can utilize a connector for transformation (such as JS Mapper, etc.). Alternatively, you can convert the column to a string and directly write it into Excel.

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**Author:** ![system](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@system](https://community.integray.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://community.integray.com/t/excel-serializer-complex-schema/208/3 "2023-11-03T06:10:50Z")

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