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This article will help users to embed SQL Query in Excel 2010 and create a dynamic connection in Excel.
Steps
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Go to Data tab and select From Other Sources as shown in the screen shot below.
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Select “From Data Connection Wizard” in the drop down.Advertisement
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Data Connection Wizard will open. Select “ODBC DSN” from the available option and click “Next”.
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Connect to ODBC Data Source window appears. Where a list of database available in our organization will be displayed. Select the appropriate database and click on “Next”.
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Select Database and Table window appears.
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We can select the database and the table from where we wish to pull the data. So, select the database and table as appropriate in our case.
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Select Finish in “Save Data Connection File and Finish” window. This window will pull up the File Name based on our selection in previous screens.
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Import Data window appears where we can select options as per our need and click OK.
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Select “From Data Connection Wizard” in the drop down.
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Go to Data tab and Click on Connections. Click on Properties in the following window.
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Go to Definitions tab in the following window.
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Write SQL query in “Command Text” and Click OK. Excel will display the result as per the query.
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Now go to Microsoft Excel and validate if the results are as per the SQL Query written.
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