Embed Excel file using OneDrive

Question

Hello.

I am trying to embed an Excel file into a Wordpress website using OneDrive. Everything seems to be working well when I open the Wordpress page, however when other users try to open the page the spreadsheet doesn't show up and there is a message appearing saying "Unable to display named item".

What am I doing wrong?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi Edoardo,

It seems that you are using a customized iframe code to embed the workbook., have you tried using the build-in embed feature provided by OneDrive?

Reference: Embed files directly into your website or blog - OneDrive (home or personal)

Best Regards,

Arck

Answer 2

Hello again Arck.

I’d like to embed the file so that the users can change values in the cells themselves directly in the Wordpress page without having to download the file.

I can do that if I use the private OneDrive link to the file, but then other users cannot open the file.

However if I follow your steps and use the public link then the file won’t show up and all I get is a white block and nothing happens.

The file I am trying to embed is this one but as soon as I put the link in the iframe it's not showing anything.

https://1drv.ms/x/s!Am8HMmTr27oSg3HIJ8fMBBGho6lQ?e=dvi3iP

Any ideas?

Thanks again!

Answer 3

Hi Edoardo,

To make the file accessible to the public, you can share the file and set the share link permission to Anyone with the link can edit/view, thus you will get a link that anyone can access the workbook without signing in required.

 

But I'm not sure you can embed the workbook via the public sharing link as I don't how you embedded the workbook into your website.

Best Regards,

Arck

Answer 4

Hello Arck.

Thanks for your reply.

Can you explain me better how to make the file public?

I tried to follow the steps that you sent me in the link, but I couldn’t solve the problem.

I’d like to embed the file in an iframe in WordPress but if I follow those steps I just see a white page inside the frame and nothing shows up.

Thanks for your help!

Answer 5

Hi Edoardo,

Thanks for using Microsoft products and posting in the community, I'm glad to offer help.

Theoretically, if we want others to see the embedded content, the resource must be public. In your case, since the workbook is stored in your personal OneDrive, it is inaccessible to anyone else.

To solve the problem, you can try to share the workbook to make it become a public file and then embed it on your website.

Reference: Share OneDrive files and folders - Office Support

However, as I don’t know how you embedded the workbook, I’m not sure if the above method would work, but I hope it can give you some guidance.

Please feel free to let me know if there is any progress.

Best Regards,

Arck