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title: Configuring a button to run XL-Connector 365 Flows in Excel Online
description: Learn how to create a button to be able to use XL-Connector 365's flows online version of Excel.
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# Configuring a button to run XL-Connector 365 Flows in Excel Online

## Learn how to create a button to be able to use XL-Connector 365's flows in online version of Excel.

Prerequisite: you need to have the [Excel Merge managed package](https://www.xappex.com/knowledge-base/xl-connector-managed-package/) installed in your Salesforce org.

The only configuration required to be able to [Run Flows in your Connected Spreadsheet Directly from Salesforce](https://www.xappex.com/knowledge-base/run-flows-in-your-connected-spreadsheet-directly-from-salesforce/) is to place the **Xappex External File Processor** Lightning component on the corresponding page layout.

To do that, in Lightning Page editor, locate **Xappex External File Processor** component and drag it to your page layout:

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Click on Activation button in the page editor and double-check that the page is visible to the users who are intended to use this functionality.

Then save the Lightning page.

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