# How can i log data from thethingsnetwork directly into an Excel file for example?

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**Created:** [April 7, 2016, 8:46am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/how-can-i-log-data-from-thethingsnetwork-directly-into-an-excel-file-for-example/1696 "2016-04-07T08:46:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![YorickBroens](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@YorickBroens](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/YorickBroens)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 8:46am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/how-can-i-log-data-from-thethingsnetwork-directly-into-an-excel-file-for-example/1696/1 "2016-04-07T08:46:38Z")

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Hello all,

I’m currently working with LoRa and i was wondering if it is possible to log data, which is send to the thingsnetwork from my nodes, to for example an Excel sheet/ google spreadsheet. I know that Node-Red is a solution for this problem.

I was interested tho, if there were any of you who already might have tackled this problem or have a solution for this problem. Personally i don’t really like the Node-Red program for storing my data. I want a more structured way to save my data, for example, i would really like to save it into a table. So if any of you guys have an alternative way to log data from thethingsnetwork, I would really appreciate it if you let me know.

Thanks in advance,

Yorick.

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**Author:** ![Ludo](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/ludo/32/673_2.png) [@Ludo](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/Ludo)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 9:56am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/how-can-i-log-data-from-thethingsnetwork-directly-into-an-excel-file-for-example/1696/2 "2016-04-07T09:56:55Z")

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Hey Yorick,

Node Red offers a module to log your data to a file. This file is stored on the machine that runs the Node Red. You could also email the data you want to a certain email address, and then use [www.ifttt.com](http://www.ifttt.com) to forward the emails from Node Red to a google docs excel.  
I hope this can get you started.

best regards,

Ludo

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**Author:** ![arjanvanb](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/arjanvanb/32/46626_2.png) [@arjanvanb](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/arjanvanb)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 8:03am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/how-can-i-log-data-from-thethingsnetwork-directly-into-an-excel-file-for-example/1696/5 "2018-12-01T08:03:29Z")

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See [https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/labs/story/thethingsnetwork-lorawan-how-to-use-google-spreadsheet-to-log-data](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/labs/story/thethingsnetwork-lorawan-how-to-use-google-spreadsheet-to-log-data)