diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/table_json_conversion/fill_xlsx.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/table_json_conversion/fill_xlsx.py
index 62aa922a7f6fd863d6bb766ebb25ac5800dc7658..4cf5977336656916e2f6d06e374913ab366bffd2 100644
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/table_json_conversion/fill_xlsx.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/table_json_conversion/fill_xlsx.py
@@ -187,6 +187,14 @@ class TemplateFiller:
             for name, value in data.items():
                 if not isinstance(value, (dict, list)):
                     self[name] = value
+                elif isinstance(value, dict):
+                    if isinstance(list(value.items())[0], list):
+                        continue
+                    old_path = self._current_path
+                    new_path = self._current_path.copy() + [name]
+                    self._current_path = new_path
+                    self.fill_from_data(data=value)
+                    self._current_path = old_path
 
     def _create_index(self):
         """Create a sheet index for the workbook.
diff --git a/unittests/table_json_conversion/data/indirect_data.xlsx b/unittests/table_json_conversion/data/indirect_data.xlsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..894ec95f87aa32a618b3b70504727398f2ce2358
Binary files /dev/null and b/unittests/table_json_conversion/data/indirect_data.xlsx differ
diff --git a/unittests/table_json_conversion/test_fill_xlsx.py b/unittests/table_json_conversion/test_fill_xlsx.py
index 4af73e4d2125d05c4379bd88c618ae27545d5221..9d981360f6535d1bf2716ede8a3f485a175969da 100644
--- a/unittests/table_json_conversion/test_fill_xlsx.py
+++ b/unittests/table_json_conversion/test_fill_xlsx.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def test_fill_xlsx():
                      schema=rfp("data/multiple_refs_schema.json"))
     fill_and_compare(json_file=rfp("data/indirect_data.json"),
                      template_file=rfp("data/indirect_template.xlsx"),
-                     known_good=rfp("data/multiple_refs_data.xlsx"),
+                     known_good=rfp("data/indirect_data.xlsx"),
                      schema=rfp("data/indirect_schema.json"))