#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;

my $file = "\\lebensraum\\perl\\SAMReport.xls";

my $workbook = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Workbook->Parse($file)or die "
+Unable to open $file\n";

#locate columns in the spreadsheet from which we want to extract data
foreach my $sheet (@{$workbook->{worksheet}}) {
print "Sheet number $sheet\n";

    foreach my $col ($sheet->{MinCol} .. $sheet->{MaxCol}) {
        if ($sheet->{Cells}[0][$col]->{Val} eq "Site Number") {
            my $siteid = $col;
            print "$siteid\n";}
        else {print "Could not find column Site Number\n";}

        if ($sheet->{Cells}[0][$col]->{Val} eq "Site Name") {
            my $name = $col;
            print "$name\n";}
        else {print "Could not find column Site Name\n";}

        if ($sheet->{Cells}[0][$col]->{Val} eq "City") {
            my $city = $col;
            print "$city\n";}
        else {print "Could not find column City\n";}
    }

#iterate through spreadsheet rows and extract site.siteid,site.name & 
+site.city

foreach my $row ($sheet->{MinRow}+1 .. $sheet->{MaxRow}) {

    my $site_number = $sheet->{Cells}[$row][my $siteid]->{Val};
    my $site_name = $sheet->{Cells}[$row][my $name]->{Val};
    my $site_city = $sheet->{Cells}[$row][my $city]->{Val};

    print "$site_number\n";
    print "$site_name\n";
    print "$site_city\n";


    }
}
exit;
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foreach my $sheet (@{$workbook->{worksheet}}) {

Case sensitivity - should be @{$workbook->{Worksheet}}, not worksheet

HTH

Thanks so much for everyone's help. I am making progress. Changing the worksheet to Worksheet and then using just the file name for my xls file allowed me to parse the spreadsheet. However, the output of my parsing isn't correct and it looks like the breakdown is the capturing of the column data (e.g. $city =$col;) isn't carrying over to the row iteration. In my efforts to correct that I am encountering a compile error:

Global symbol "$siteid" requires explicit package name at ./excel.syr.
+extract3.pl line 48.
Global symbol "$name" requires explicit package name at ./excel.syr.ex
+tract3.pl line 49.
Global symbol "$address" requires explicit package name at ./excel.syr
+.extract3.pl line 50.
Global symbol "$city" requires explicit package name at ./excel.syr.ex
+tract3.pl line 51.
Global symbol "$state" requires explicit package name at ./excel.syr.e
+xtract3.pl line 52.
Global symbol "$zip" requires explicit package name at ./excel.syr.ext
+ract3.pl line 53.
Execution of ./excel.syr.extract3.pl aborted due to compilation errors
+.
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I imagine that the "explicit package name" issue is something the PerlMonks understand well, but I have to confess I don't know what it means or what to do about it. Here is my latest script:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;


my $file = "SAMReport.xls";

my $workbook = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Workbook->Parse($file)or die "
+Unable to open $file\n";

#locate columns in the spreadsheet from which we want to extract data
foreach my $sheet (@{$workbook->{Worksheet}}) {
print "Sheet number $sheet\n";

    foreach my $col ($sheet->{MinCol} .. $sheet->{MaxCol}) {
        if ($sheet->{Cells}[0][$col]->{Val} eq "Site Number") {
            my $siteid = $col;
        }

        if ($sheet->{Cells}[0][$col]->{Val} eq "Site Name") {
            my $name = $col;
        }

        if ($sheet->{Cells}[0][$col]->{Val} eq "Address") {
            my $address = $col;
        }

        if ($sheet->{Cells}[0][$col]->{Val} eq "City") {
            my $city = $col;
        }

        if ($sheet->{Cells}[0][$col]->{Val} eq "State") {
            my $state = $col;
        }

        if ($sheet->{Cells}[0][$col]->{Val} eq "Zip Code") {
            my $zip = $col;
        }
    }

#iterate through spreadsheet rows and extract site.siteid, site.name, 
+site.address, site.city, site.state, site.zip
foreach my $row ($sheet->{MinRow}+1 .. $sheet->{MaxRow}) {

    my $site_number = $sheet->{Cells}[$row][$siteid];
    my $site_name = $sheet->{Cells}[$row][$name];
    my $site_address = $sheet->{Cells}[$row][$address];
    my $site_city = $sheet->{Cells}[$row][$city];
    my $site_state = $sheet->{Cells}[$row][$state];
    my $site_zip = $sheet->{Cells}[$row][$zip];

#print captured output
    print "$site_number\n";
    print "$site_name\n";
    print "$site_address\n";
    print "$site_city\n";
    print "$site_state\n";
    print "$site_zip\n";

    }
}
exit;
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Thanks again for everyone's kind assistance! Hagen