diff --git a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/util/JExcelEditorManager.js b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/util/JExcelEditorManager.js
index f061e02b2b1771f1b7da112cf2806db1512dac11..c4b4001c41d90f588655b960a0267470a62298e8 100644
--- a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/util/JExcelEditorManager.js
+++ b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/util/JExcelEditorManager.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var JExcelEditorManager = new function() {
                 // little hack because jExcelEditor.getData(false, true) is not returning processed results
                 for(let rowIndex in values) {
                     values[rowIndex] = Object.values(values[rowIndex]).map((val, index) => {
-                        if(this._isString(cellData) && val.startsWith('=')) {
+                        if(_this._isString(cellData) && val.startsWith('=')) {
                             var row = parseInt(rowIndex)+1;
                             return jExcelEditor.getValue(headers[index] + row, true);
                         }