diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@ View documentation - https://worldbank.github.io/metadata-schemas/
 
 To update the pydantic schemas so that they match the json schemas run
 
-    `python pydantic_schemas\\utils\\generate_pydantic_schemas.py`
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+    `python pydantic_schemas\\generators\\generate_pydantic_schemas.py`
+
+Then to update the Excel sheets run
+
+    `python pydantic_schemas\\generators\\generate_excel_files.py`
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diff --git a/excel_sheets/Timeseries_DB_metadata.xlsx b/excel_sheets/Timeseries_DB_metadata.xlsx
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diff --git a/excel_sheets/Video_metadata.xlsx b/excel_sheets/Video_metadata.xlsx
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diff --git a/pydantic_schemas/excel_interface.py b/pydantic_schemas/excel_interface.py
index 9111f0e..49c98dc 100644
--- a/pydantic_schemas/excel_interface.py
+++ b/pydantic_schemas/excel_interface.py
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ class ExcelInterface:
         "video": excel_single_sheet_to_pydantic,  # one sheet
     }
 
+    def get_metadata_types(self):
+        return list(self._TYPE_TO_READER.keys())
+
     @staticmethod
     def _merge_dicts(base, update):
         if len(update) == 0:
diff --git a/pydantic_schemas/generators/generate_excel_files.py b/pydantic_schemas/generators/generate_excel_files.py
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index 0000000..83fb6f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pydantic_schemas/generators/generate_excel_files.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import os
+
+from pydantic_schemas.excel_interface import ExcelInterface
+
+ei = ExcelInterface()
+
+for metadata_type in ei.get_metadata_types():
+    filename = f"excel_sheets/{metadata_type.capitalize()}_metadata.xlsx"
+    print(f"Writing {metadata_type} outline to {filename}")
+    if os.path.exists(filename):
+        os.remove(filename)
+    ei.write_outline_metadata_to_excel(metadata_type=metadata_type, filename=filename)
diff --git a/pydantic_schemas/utils/generate_pydantic_schemas.py b/pydantic_schemas/generators/generate_pydantic_schemas.py
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rename from pydantic_schemas/utils/generate_pydantic_schemas.py
rename to pydantic_schemas/generators/generate_pydantic_schemas.py