diff --git a/collector/processSingleFile/convert/asXlsx.js b/collector/processSingleFile/convert/asXlsx.js
index c01bc866..4601ceff 100644
--- a/collector/processSingleFile/convert/asXlsx.js
+++ b/collector/processSingleFile/convert/asXlsx.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ const {
   trashFile,
   writeToServerDocuments,
   documentsFolder,
-  directUploadsFolder,
 } = require("../../utils/files");
 const { tokenizeString } = require("../../utils/tokenizer");
 const { default: slugify } = require("slugify");
@@ -34,30 +33,83 @@ async function asXlsx({
   metadata = {},
 }) {
   const documents = [];
-  const folderName = slugify(`${path.basename(filename)}-${v4().slice(0, 4)}`, {
-    lower: true,
-    trim: true,
-  });
-  const outFolderPath = options.parseOnly
-    ? path.resolve(directUploadsFolder, folderName)
-    : path.resolve(documentsFolder, folderName);
 
   try {
     const workSheetsFromFile = xlsx.parse(fullFilePath);
-    if (!fs.existsSync(outFolderPath))
-      fs.mkdirSync(outFolderPath, { recursive: true });
 
-    for (const sheet of workSheetsFromFile) {
-      try {
-        const { name, data } = sheet;
-        const content = convertToCSV(data);
+    if (options.parseOnly) {
+      const allSheetContents = [];
+      let totalWordCount = 0;
+      const sheetNames = [];
 
-        if (!content?.length) {
-          console.warn(`Sheet "${name}" is empty. Skipping.`);
-          continue;
+      for (const sheet of workSheetsFromFile) {
+        const processed = processSheet(sheet);
+        if (!processed) continue;
+
+        const { name, content, wordCount } = processed;
+        sheetNames.push(name);
+        allSheetContents.push(`\nSheet: ${name}\n${content}`);
+        totalWordCount += wordCount;
+      }
+
+      if (allSheetContents.length === 0) {
+        console.log(`No valid sheets found in ${filename}.`);
+        return {
+          success: false,
+          reason: `No valid sheets found in ${filename}.`,
+          documents: [],
+        };
+      }
+
+      const combinedContent = allSheetContents.join("\n");
+      const sheetListText =
+        sheetNames.length > 1
+          ? ` (Sheets: ${sheetNames.join(", ")})`
+          : ` (Sheet: ${sheetNames[0]})`;
+
+      const combinedData = {
+        id: v4(),
+        url: `file://${fullFilePath}`,
+        title: metadata.title || `${filename}${sheetListText}`,
+        docAuthor: metadata.docAuthor || "Unknown",
+        description:
+          metadata.description ||
+          `Spreadsheet data from ${filename} containing ${sheetNames.length} ${
+            sheetNames.length === 1 ? "sheet" : "sheets"
+          }`,
+        docSource: metadata.docSource || "an xlsx file uploaded by the user.",
+        chunkSource: metadata.chunkSource || "",
+        published: createdDate(fullFilePath),
+        wordCount: totalWordCount,
+        pageContent: combinedContent,
+        token_count_estimate: tokenizeString(combinedContent),
+      };
+
+      const document = writeToServerDocuments({
+        data: combinedData,
+        filename: `${slugify(path.basename(filename))}-${combinedData.id}`,
+        destinationOverride: null,
+        options: { parseOnly: true },
+      });
+      documents.push(document);
+      console.log(`[SUCCESS]: ${filename} converted & ready for embedding.`);
+    } else {
+      const folderName = slugify(
+        `${path.basename(filename)}-${v4().slice(0, 4)}`,
+        {
+          lower: true,
+          trim: true,
         }
+      );
+      const outFolderPath = path.resolve(documentsFolder, folderName);
+      if (!fs.existsSync(outFolderPath))
+        fs.mkdirSync(outFolderPath, { recursive: true });
 
-        console.log(`-- Processing sheet: ${name} --`);
+      for (const sheet of workSheetsFromFile) {
+        const processed = processSheet(sheet);
+        if (!processed) continue;
+
+        const { name, content, wordCount } = processed;
         const sheetData = {
           id: v4(),
           url: `file://${path.join(outFolderPath, `${slugify(name)}.csv`)}`,
@@ -68,7 +120,7 @@ async function asXlsx({
           docSource: metadata.docSource || "an xlsx file uploaded by the user.",
           chunkSource: metadata.chunkSource || "",
           published: createdDate(fullFilePath),
-          wordCount: content.split(/\s+/).length,
+          wordCount: wordCount,
           pageContent: content,
           token_count_estimate: tokenizeString(content),
         };
@@ -83,9 +135,6 @@ async function asXlsx({
         console.log(
           `[SUCCESS]: Sheet "${name}" converted & ready for embedding.`
         );
-      } catch (err) {
-        console.error(`Error processing sheet "${name}":`, err);
-        continue;
       }
     }
   } catch (err) {
@@ -114,4 +163,31 @@ async function asXlsx({
   return { success: true, reason: null, documents };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Processes a single sheet and returns its content and metadata
+ * @param {{name: string, data: Array<Array<string|number|null|undefined>>}} sheet - Parsed sheet with name and 2D array of cell values
+ * @returns {{name: string, content: string, wordCount: number}|null} - Object with name, CSV content, and word count, or null if sheet is empty
+ */
+function processSheet(sheet) {
+  try {
+    const { name, data } = sheet;
+    const content = convertToCSV(data);
+
+    if (!content?.length) {
+      console.log(`Sheet "${name}" is empty. Skipping.`);
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    console.log(`-- Processing sheet: ${name} --`);
+    return {
+      name,
+      content,
+      wordCount: content.split(/\s+/).length,
+    };
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(`Error processing sheet "${sheet.name}":`, err);
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
 module.exports = asXlsx;