I have the file EnergyIndicators.xls, which I want to read into python so I can manipulate it.
How can I obtain the file path so I can read the file in using the:
pd.read_excel() function?
Firstly you need to know the path to the file in your file system.
Then you just simply pass the path to xls file to read_excel function.

pd.read_excel('path/to/direct/EnergyIndicators.xls')
File path for excel file