I have an issue with excel refresh and updating data to Power point.
Current Setup : Excel charts are linked to PPT and macro is written to refresh excel data and updating charts in PPT. But the process is taking very long time as I have around 30 charts linked using 30 different excel workbooks which in turn has link to database to get the data.
I need help to get out of this issue. I have tried using automatic update links in Power Point which is little ok in performance, but the question here is does it also refresh data in excel ?
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I have a powerpoint containing tables that monthly must be updated with new numbers. There are approx 30 slides, and they all contain other elements than the tables, but only the tables needs update.
At the moment we have linked the files so when updated in excel, they will also update in powerpoint. However I have found this solution to be where little flexible, and also the fact that the tables actually end up as pictures in the powerpoint is annoying.
I figured that a VBA must be able to automatically fix this?
I have a Excel file the data in it is imported to powerpivot the issue here is that each time I download the file onto a new machine from the same server where the file is stored. It shows an error and the data is not automatically refreshed. Is there any VBA code that we can use to automatically update the power pivot table. The machine has Excel 2013. After manually refreshing the file it works fine. But I have to it each time I download the file.
To interact with a power pivot model though VBA you would use the ThisWorkbook.Model object.
So for example to Initialize the power pivot model to memory and then refresh it, it would be the following two commands.
ThisWorkbook.Model.Initialize
ThisWorkbook.Model.Refresh
Looking for advice and suggestions on how to build this out...
I am exporting raw data from a data source and pasting it into Excel. The data source cannot directly connect with Excel (hence pasting it in). The data is used to populate a bunch of charts and graphs, similar to a dashboard. The raw data will change depending on the data request. Instead of rebuilding all the charts and graphs, I'd like to paste the new data into the Excel workbook and refresh all the charts and graphs. What is the recommended approach?
I'd appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!
I have tried the various different methods that Excel offers to work with external data.
I have inherited a system in work that involves copy and pasting data from one SSRS report into a pretty complex Excel workbook. I want to automate this system, but for the time being I still have to work with the Excel file.
This Excel file needs to be updated daily - I want to schedule the SSRS report using Windows File Sharing; have it run every day and have the Excel workbook look at the report each time the spreadsheet is opened, updating (adding data to) various tables and cells with the values in the report.
I'm finding this process really unstable. It will work for some reports, but not others. Any pivot charts based on the connection will lose their data and formatting if the sheets cannot link to each other. On opening the main, destination excel file, I get errors about links not being updated, etc. Browsing for the file and reconnecting it works, but this defeats the object.
Could the be something integral to these set up working every time that I might be missing, or does Excel have a feature that better suits what I'm trying to do?
Many thanks for your help!
I'm using SQL Server 2005, Excel 2013 and the reports and datasheet are stored in a shared folder
I think you are heading down a dead-end. You will never have enough control over the rendered output from SSRS and any solution will be fragile.
I assume the SSRS data source is SQL or some other source that Excel can read. I would take the Dataset code from the SSRS report and implement it as Data tables in Excel, e.g. Data ribbon / Get External Data.
In the simplest implementation, each query just populates an Excel Table. You can set the connection definitions to auto-refresh on open.
For more complex requirements you can build an Analysis Model in Excel using the Power Pivot Add-In (included (but not enabled) with Excel 2013). This lets you relate datasets to each other and add calculations etc. The gotcha here is that you cant auto-refresh without SharePoint.
I have some pivot tables in powerpoint that I embedded. I chose to embed rather than just regular linking as I need to update the pivot tables daily and need to shape them to give only the relevant information.(Sometimes there is more data than the day before which cannot be seen when linking normally as the"window" is fixed.)
I am still very new to the VBA coding field and require a code that will open my Microsoft excel worksheet opject then refresh the pivot inside the object and close it again. I have written code to open the document, save and close the document which is working correctly. I only require that little refresh bit.
Many thanks in advance