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PSWriteOffice

PowerShell document automation across OfficeIMO's document, spreadsheet, presentation, PDF, Project, Access, EPUB, invoicing, and conversion engines.

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Release OfficeIMO-v3.5.3
Language: C# Updated: 2026-11-03
Cmdlet

Get-OfficeExcelDataModel

Aliases: ExcelDataModel, ExcelPowerQuery
Module
PSWriteOffice
Aliases
ExcelDataModel ExcelPowerQuery
Inputs
OfficeIMO.Excel.ExcelDocument
Outputs
System.Management.Automation.PSObject

Inspects workbook data model, query, connection, and external-link package parts.

Syntax

Get-OfficeExcelDataModel
[-Path] <String>
[<CommonParameters>]
#
Parameter set: Path
Get-OfficeExcelDataModel
-Document <ExcelDocument>
[<CommonParameters>]
#
Parameter set: Document

Examples

Detect query/model metadata that OfficeIMO preserves but does not execute.

$model = Get-OfficeExcelDataModel -Path .\WorkbookWithQueries.xlsx
if ($model.HasDataModelOrQueries) {
    $model.Details | ForEach-Object { "Preserved package part: $_" }
}

Separates preserved connection/query/data-model parts from executable refresh behavior so automation can decide whether Excel refresh is required.

Parameters

-Path String requiredposition: 0aliases: FilePath, InputPathsets: Path
Workbook path.
-Document ExcelDocument requiredpipeline: True (ByValue)sets: Document
Workbook document.

Common Parameters

This command supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable.

For more information, see about_CommonParameters.