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Not able to upload Excel sheet in Lucid Org Chart

  • June 2, 2025
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I get the same error when  I try to upload new excel date to a new sheet - it runs the upload and afterwards I get pop screen sayning “ Which sheet do you want o import” - with no options - the only button that is not greyed out is “back”.

Best answer by Cass A102

A few things to try: 

  1. Learn more about Org charts and importing the data in Help files
  2. Start with a data csv template provided by Lucid
  3. Save a copy of your data as a csv file and import CSV instead of XLSX (only 1 tab in CSV)

Good suggestion on the strange characters ​@Paul McC, it’s a thing 😍 

 

Couldn’t post with my shortcut URLs so I’m trying to just link full URLs below, hoping this works: 

LucidChart screenshots: https://lucid.app/lucidchart/d8f8b5b2-a5e4-4df7-8ff4-59b4a1c1cfc0/edit?viewport_loc=-394%2C-177%2C1964%2C1247%2C0_0&invitationId=inv_39861dac-723c-426f-9664-91cd7eb2de0c 

1. Org Chart Help File: www.lucidchart.com/pages/how-to-make-an-org-chart

2. CSV Template Downloadhttps://cdn-cashy-static-assets.lucidchart.com/app/chart/plugins/orgchart2018/org-chart-example.csv

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  • Lucid Legend Level 3
  • June 3, 2025

Check that there are no odd characters in the tab name(s) of the sheet. 

Can also try moving the data to a fresh excel with copy paste to make sure it,s nothing to do with that particular file.


Cass A102
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  • June 5, 2025

A few things to try: 

  1. Learn more about Org charts and importing the data in Help files
  2. Start with a data csv template provided by Lucid
  3. Save a copy of your data as a csv file and import CSV instead of XLSX (only 1 tab in CSV)

Good suggestion on the strange characters ​@Paul McC, it’s a thing 😍 

 

Couldn’t post with my shortcut URLs so I’m trying to just link full URLs below, hoping this works: 

LucidChart screenshots: https://lucid.app/lucidchart/d8f8b5b2-a5e4-4df7-8ff4-59b4a1c1cfc0/edit?viewport_loc=-394%2C-177%2C1964%2C1247%2C0_0&invitationId=inv_39861dac-723c-426f-9664-91cd7eb2de0c 

1. Org Chart Help File: www.lucidchart.com/pages/how-to-make-an-org-chart

2. CSV Template Downloadhttps://cdn-cashy-static-assets.lucidchart.com/app/chart/plugins/orgchart2018/org-chart-example.csv


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A few things to try: 

  1. Learn more about Org charts and importing the data in Help files
  2. Start with a data csv template provided by Lucid
  3. Save a copy of your data as a csv file and import CSV instead of XLSX (only 1 tab in CSV)

Good suggestion on the strange characters ​@Paul McC, it’s a thing 😍 

 

Couldn’t post with my shortcut URLs so I’m trying to just link full URLs below, hoping this works: 

LucidChart screenshots: https://lucid.app/lucidchart/d8f8b5b2-a5e4-4df7-8ff4-59b4a1c1cfc0/edit?viewport_loc=-394%2C-177%2C1964%2C1247%2C0_0&invitationId=inv_39861dac-723c-426f-9664-91cd7eb2de0c 

1. Org Chart Help File: www.lucidchart.com/pages/how-to-make-an-org-chart

2. CSV Template Downloadhttps://cdn-cashy-static-assets.lucidchart.com/app/chart/plugins/orgchart2018/org-chart-example.csv

Thanks good advices as well - but also got an advice to open in an incognito sheet and that solved the problem - Really strange I have worked a lot in Lucid in my previous company but never had that issue before but incognito mode helped.


Cass A102
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  • June 10, 2025

A few things to try: 

Thanks good advices as well - but also got an advice to open in an incognito sheet and that solved the problem - Really strange I have worked a lot in Lucid in my previous company but never had that issue before but incognito mode helped.

 

Thanks for sharing the solution that worked for you!!!