I've tried to connect with Tableau Desktop using Web Data Connector to a an Excel file on OneDrive / Excel Online / Office 365. Even if this seems to be possible with Google Spreadsheets http://community.tableau.com/groups/dev-community/blog/2015/04/04/google-spreadsheet-with-tableau-web-data-connector, I can't seem to make it work with Excel Online. Using the Web Data Connector I can get to the online spreadsheet but it won't do the data connection... any ideas?
You can connect to any Excel file that is stored in SharePoint or Office 365 / OneDrive for Business via OData as shown here:
http://www.layer2solutions.com/en/solutions/Pages/excel-services-odata-data-integration-synchronization.aspx
You can process the returning XML by yourself, or using the tool.
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I am trying to publish an Excel addin with Sharepoint catalog (Sharepoint online) as documented here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/publish/publish
If I try to access the addin from Excel Online everything works correctly, but from Excel Desktop when I try to add the addin from the catalog I get the following error.
Obviously on Excel desktop I am logged in with a SharePoint user who has access to the catalog. If I log in with the same user from a web browser I can access and download the manifest and add and use the addin correctly through Excel Online.
The Sharepoint catalog is accessible to Everyone except external users.
How can I manage to distribute the addin correctly ?
Background:-
We have got a SharePoint 2016 On-Premise and we have setup MySites (which has OneDrive as a feature).
What are we after:-
Like in Internet Explorer users can open up Windows Explorer via a Library, we are looking at a similar option on MS Edge. Some articles suggest we can achieve it via OneDrive. Can someone throw some light on this as to how we can get a similar functionality?
Please note that most articles refer to Microsoft 365 and we are not yet there.
Thanks,
Sam
Enable and use IE Mode in Microsoft Edge to make the open with explorer works again in SharePoint server 2016, for detailed steps, please refer to this simialr issue:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/520044/how-will-the-open-with-explorer-function-be-replac.html
What is new feature of Excel online (part of office online server) vs excel services?
I read some article like excel web apps vs excel services but i cant find some article to compare Excel Online and excel services
Excel Online is a newer version of Excel web app, but it's not available on premise, only in the cloud. It has limitations compared to desktop Excel, but Excel Online is continually updated with new features, whereas Excel web app on your local server will only get updates if there is a service pack or similar. Excel Online integrates seamlessly with Office 365 and SharePoint online.
Excel Online, for example, supports simultaneous editing by multiple users.
Update: In November 2016, the on-premise version of Excel Services received significant step change in SharePoint Server 2016. Office Online can now run on-premise. Details: https://blogs.office.com/2016/11/21/updates-for-excel-services-and-bi-in-sharepoint-2016-on-premises/
I have a Development Project in motion where the end user interacts with an MVC Application to input data into it, then it gets submitted to SQL Server. Straightforward as it is really. Then the data is used to produce a PDF Report.
I want to use SharePoint to pull the data from SQL Server to create a .DOCX and integrate Microsoft office word 2010 to edit the document and publish as a .PDF
The MVC Application, Not a problem. ITs SharePoint Integration with Microsoft Word I'm not familiar with. SharePoint itself yes. Integration and Automation with Office Business Applications, no really.
Can anybody point me into the direction of good solid resources online into Office Integration?
Im using Sharepoint Server standard 2010 so One Word Automation is out...
I had Office 2003 & Dashboard Designer installed. I was creating a bunch of reports in dashboard designer that started by creating a data source using Microsoft's Data Retrieval Services to connect to a SharePoint list.
I installed Office 2007 and I no longer can create a data source using Data Retrieval Services. I reinstalled Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components, but I still do not have the option to create a report based on a data source pointing to a SharePoint list.
Do I need to install Excel 2003 or something?
I installed Excel 2003 side-by-side with Office 2007 and I can now use Data Retrieval Services again.