diff --git a/fesod-examples/fesod-sheet-examples/src/test/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/examples/ExampleTestBase.java b/fesod-examples/fesod-sheet-examples/src/test/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/examples/ExampleTestBase.java
index 479ebe7e2..f07512507 100644
--- a/fesod-examples/fesod-sheet-examples/src/test/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/examples/ExampleTestBase.java
+++ b/fesod-examples/fesod-sheet-examples/src/test/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/examples/ExampleTestBase.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.WorkbookFactory;
 
@@ -87,6 +89,41 @@ protected static void assertValidExcelFile(File file, int minDataRows) {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Assert that the given file is a valid Excel workbook with at least the specified number of
+     * columns, scanning for the first non-empty row to determine the column count.
+     *
+     * @param file the Excel file to validate
+     * @param minColumns the minimum number of columns expected
+     */
+    protected static void assertValidExcelFileColumns(File file, int minColumns) {
+        int totalColumns = 0;
+        assertValidExcelFile(file);
+
+        try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
+                Workbook workbook = WorkbookFactory.create(fis)) {
+
+            Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
+
+            // find which row is not empty
+            for (int i = 0; i <= sheet.getLastRowNum(); i++) {
+                Row row = sheet.getRow(i);
+
+                if (row != null && row.getPhysicalNumberOfCells() > 0) {
+                    totalColumns = row.getLastCellNum();
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            assertTrue(
+                    totalColumns >= minColumns,
+                    "Expected at least " + minColumns + " columns, but found " + totalColumns
+                            + " total columns in the first data row of: " + file.getAbsolutePath());
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            fail("Failed to read workbook for column count verification: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Generate a temp output file path within the given directory.
      *