Filling XLSX: Everything except multiple choice.

Summary

For caosdb/customers/dimr/management#219:

Filling XLSX templates from JSON works now.

Focus

• Correct handling of foreign keys
• Correct handling of other lists

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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.