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officeaddin/minimal-playground/public/taskpane.js

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-// Minimal add-in taskpane script — one button that calls the playground server
-// Wait for Office to be ready before attaching event handlers
+// Minimal add-in taskpane script — reads Excel data and uploads to playground server
 Office.onReady(function(info) {
-  // info.host will be 'Excel' when running in Excel
   console.log('Office.onReady fired, host:', info.host);
 
   const uploadBtn = document.getElementById('uploadBtn');
@@ -11,15 +9,55 @@ Office.onReady(function(info) {
     status.innerHTML = '<div class="' + (ok ? 'ok' : 'err') + '">' + text + '</div>';
   }
 
+  // Read data from worksheet "Managers Info" and convert A1:E49 into array of objects
+  // Only rows with any non-empty cell are included; first row is header
+  async function getExcelData() {
+    return Excel.run(async (context) => {
+      // Use the specific worksheet by name and the fixed range A1:E49
+      const sheet = context.workbook.worksheets.getItem('Managers Info');
+      const range = sheet.getRange('a2:E49');
+      range.load('values');
+      await context.sync();
+
+      const values = range.values;
+      if (!values || values.length < 2) {
+        throw new Error('No data found in Managers Info A1:E49 (need header row + at least one data row)');
+      }
+
+      const headers = values[0].map(h => String(h || '').trim());
+      const records = [];
+      for (let i = 1; i < values.length; i++) {
+        const row = values[i];
+        // skip fully-empty rows
+        const isEmpty = row.every(c => c === null || c === undefined || String(c).trim() === '');
+        if (isEmpty) continue;
+        const obj = {};
+        headers.forEach((h, idx) => {
+          obj[h] = row[idx];
+        });
+        records.push(obj);
+      }
+      if (records.length === 0) throw new Error('No data rows found in Managers Info A1:E49');
+      return records;
+    });
+  }
+
   uploadBtn.addEventListener('click', async function() {
     uploadBtn.disabled = true;
-    setStatus('Starting upload...');
+    setStatus('Reading Excel data...');
     try {
-      const res = await fetch('http://localhost:3002/api/upload-managers', { method: 'POST' });
+      const records = await getExcelData();
+      setStatus('Uploading ' + records.length + ' rows...');
+      
+      const res = await fetch('http://localhost:3002/api/upload-managers', {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ records: records })
+      });
       const json = await res.json();
       if (!res.ok) throw new Error(json && json.error ? json.error : 'Unknown response');
       var link = (json.result && json.result.share && json.result.share.link) ? json.result.share.link.webUrl : 'unknown';
-      setStatus('Upload finished. Share link: ' + link, true);
+      setStatus('Upload finished. Share link: <a href="' + link + '" target="_blank">' + link + '</a>', true);
     } catch (err) {
       console.error(err);
       setStatus('Upload failed: ' + (err.message || err), false);