def readExcel(file: String): DataFrame = sqlContext.read
.format("com.crealytics.spark.excel")
.option("location", file)
.option("useHeader", "true")
.option("treatEmptyValuesAsNulls", "true")
.option("inferSchema", "true")
.option("addColorColumns", "False")
.load()
val data = readExcel("path to your excel file")
data.show(false)