Bob, Thank you for the reply. I went back and tried it again with your sugestion but still did not work then tried using all caps and it took and worked. I then went back and tried it the original way and that worked also. Either I was mistyping something and didn't catch it or I was doing something else wrong I am not sure. Anyway I will attache the file so others can see it but it is working right now. One other quick question Can I look at two differant topics going to two differant PLC's in the same spread sheet. I tried it but it would only read the first topics values. If I opened a second spread sheet it would correctly read the other topic so I know the path and syntax were correct. Scott Data_Loger.xls