I need to download this table in Excel
https://infogram.com/a-energy-suppliers-hedging-table-1hdw2jpg7n8xj2l
via Power Query and make an automatic update connection. But for some reason it does not work because it does not recognize the table as such. I do not know why any suggestion?
Thx
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I am trying to add data to a report (an excel table) from an oracle table.
Easy enough to get data and merge - but my problem is I only want the oracle query to pull from the ID's listed in the report (excel table).
Any thoughts on setting up these parameters?
Thank you!
I am using Power Query for Excel and I am trying to connect MySQL database which is hosted on AWS. While trying to connect, I am getting an ERROR in query editor saying "DataSource.Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object."
My Excel and Power Query both has 32-bit version.
Is there any issue in setting up Data Source?
Thanks
Just had the same problem. 64 bit Excel and latest version of PowerQuery. The cause of mine was that I had copied and pasted the output of a PowerQuery query into a new Excel sheet. This created a shadow second data connection invisible to the PowerQuery pane.
To fix it I had to go to the Data ribbon > click Connections, highlight the second query (named [YourQueryName]1) and click the Remove button. After that things went back to normal.
You may want to Send-A-Frown from inside Power Query to get in direct contact with the developers.
Please check that you have the latest version of Power Query installed. It might help to upgrade MySQL drivers too.
I have installed Powerpivot for Excel 2010. I don't have Access 2010 so I thought could I arrange the data in the similar manner as I would for a database.
I'm wanting to query an excel file that has rows of self-generated data into Powerpivot in order to perform simple pivot table. In a sense attempt to get an overview of information about a data set.
At the moment, I'm unable to get set up correctly the ODBC I'm hoping I need to accept an Excel file and to get PowerPivot to accept a database from an Excel file.
Edit: I come to understand that I need to set up a table correctly in Excel so that the ODBC works correctly. Does the picture I provided be right manner to set up a table or any other manner?
Has anyone attempted to do this and if so what would the steps be?
Thanks,
Peter.
Peter, I am working on the basis that your data is in a recognizable table on a worksheet (and that you are not interested in using the standard Excel import method through 'From Other Sources')
If you create the connection to the Excel file in a very particular way it is possible to then query it as if it were a database.
Create a Connection to the spreadsheet in question in Excel through Data>Connections>Add.
In the PowerPivot window on the Design tab click on existing connections and find the connection you just created. Select the connection and Open.
You need to name the connection and then you will be offered the normal import options. Select the sheet you want to get the table from (its actually not important which one you choose at this point).
Once the table has been imported you can re-enter the setup through the 'table properties' on the design tab and you will now be able to 'Switch to' the query editor at which point you can not only write SQL to query your DB but reference any other .xlsx you like.
Jacob
the easiest way is to use a linked table from the excel sheet which has the data - is there any reason why you have not considered this as an option?
I am able to query and view table through excel, but I was wondering if there is a way to directly update or insert by modifying data in the excel.
Similar to Microsoft Access Linked table, maybe?
You can use VBA, ADODB, and the data driver to write a custom application to do this. But there is nothing built in to Excel for writing back to an ODBC data source. QueryTables in Excel are read-only.
Excel has a Get External Data ribbon bar in the Data tab where we can choose to import tables from SQL databases. This process worked out nicely for me. But my question is, is there any way to save this data back into SQL? Does Excel provide some API that facilitates the coding of such a function without parsing everything and doing it from scratch?
Thanks
It may not be the solution you are looking for, but I posted some VBA code a long while back that will take a range in Excel and convert it to XML and builds the SQL to put that data into a temp table in SQL Server. Here's a link if you are interested.
The easiest way to do this is to use the import function within SSMS. You can select which sheets to use, customise column mappings and so on. If creates an SSIS that you can then manipulate further if required. However that approach is a pull from Sql, not a push from Excel, if you want to do that you'd have to code some VBA to do it for you.
Non-programmatically:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/connect-to-import-sql-server-data-HA010217956.aspx
Programmatically - I can only think of the OpenRowSet function in MSSQL:
http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=1540
http://www.sql-server-helper.com/tips/read-import-excel-file-p01.aspx
Using openrowset to read an Excel file into a temp table; how do I reference that table?