Although Koo has supported import and export features from the very beginning (including the community contributed feature of exporting directly to OpenOffice.org under GNU/Linux) it missed some features such as exporting and importing ID and Database ID, as well as the possibility of setting the "Import Compatible" flag. Last week we introduced those missing functionalities which are really appreciated and necessary to make standard import/export much more useful.

While we were at it, we added one more feature which makes it easier for end users to import information. Now you can select any Excel (XLS) file and Koo will let you choose one sheet of the document to be imported. Just like in CSV files you can tell Koo to auto-detect the fields to be imported.

Currently only XLS files are supported but works on both Windows and Linux. The change has already hit 5.0 branch of Koo and will be available in next release (5.0.5).