Convert Excel to Parquet

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Excel is Microsoft's spreadsheet format that allows users to organize, analyze, and visualize data in tables. It's widely used in business, finance, and data analysis.

Technical Details

Excel files (.xlsx) are actually ZIP archives containing XML files. They support multiple worksheets, formulas, charts, and macros. The newer XLSX format is based on Office Open XML standards.

Advantages

Rich formatting and visualization capabilities
Built-in functions and formulas for data analysis
Support for charts, PivotTables, and data visualization
Widely used in business and finance

Limitations

Proprietary format requiring specific software
Performance issues with very large datasets
Version compatibility challenges
Not ideal for structured database applications

Parquet

Parquet is a columnar storage file format designed for efficiency with big data processing frameworks like Apache Hadoop and Spark.

Technical Details

Parquet organizes data by columns rather than rows, which enables better compression and more efficient queries for analytical workloads. It supports nested data structures and is optimized for handling complex data.