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Excel Integration Guides and Tutorials
A list of guides and tutorials for connecting to and working with live Excel data.
CData Software connectivity tools provide access to live Excel data from popular BI, analytics, ETL, and custom applications, offering our customers access to their data wherever they want. Below you will find a list of guides and tutorials for integrating with live Excel data.
Integration Use-Cases
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- Business Intelligence & Analytics - charting, reports, and more (Tableau, Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, etc.)
- ETL & Replication - moving and replicating data (CData Sync, AWS Glue, Oracle Data Integrator, etc.)
- Data Virtualization - retrieving and manipulating data (DbVisualizer, SQL Server PolyBase, etc.)
- Software Development - developing custom applications (.NET, AngularJS, Ruby, Python, etc.)
- Data Management - managing data (DBArtisan, RazorSQL, SQuirreL, etc.)
- Workflow Automation - building automated workflows (SSIS, Power Automate, etc.)
Business Intelligence & Analytics
ETL & Replication
Data Virtualization
| Product | Technology | Article Title |
|---|---|---|
| Access Linked Tables | ODBC | Update Excel with a Microsoft Access Linked Table |
| APOS Live Data Gateway | JDBC | Build Semantic Layer Views for Excel (JDBC) |
| Denodo | JDBC | Create A Data Source for Excel in Denodo Platform |
| Dremio | JDBC | Connect to Excel as an External Source in Dremio |
| MySQL Federated Tables | Connect Server | Connect to Excel as Federated Tables in MySQL |
| MySQL Federated Tables | ODBC | Connect to Excel as Federated Tables in MySQL |
| Oracle Database | ODBC | Access Excel as a Remote Oracle Database |
| PostgreSQL FDW | JDBC | A PostgreSQL Interface for Excel |
| Salesforce Connect | Connect Server | Edit and Search Excel External Objects in Salesforce Connect |
| SQL Server Linked Servers | ODBC | Connect to Excel as a Linked Server |
| SQL Server PolyBase | ODBC | Connect to Excel as an External Data Source using PolyBase |
| TIBCO Data Virtualization | TIBCO DV | Access Live Excel Data in TIBCO Data Virtualization |
Software Development
Data Management
| Product | Technology | Article Title |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Solr | JDBC | Import Excel Data into Apache Solr |
| DB Artisan | JDBC | Manage Excel in DBArtisan as a JDBC Source |
| DB Artisan | ODBC | Connect to Excel in DBArtisan |
| DBeaver | JDBC | Connect to Excel in DBeaver |
| DbVisualizer | JDBC | Connect to Excel in DBVisualizer |
| Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog | JDBC | Add Excel to Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog |
| MySQL Workbench | Connect Server | Query Excel Data in MySQL Workbench (Connect Server) |
| MySQL Workbench | ODBC | Query Excel in MySQL Workbench (ODBC) |
| Power Query | Connect Server | Work with Live Excel Data in Power Query |
| QuerySurge | JDBC | Validate Excel Data with QuerySurge |
| RazorSQL | JDBC | Connect to Excel in RazorSQL |
| SQuirreL | JDBC | Connect to Excel in Squirrel SQL Client |
Workflow Automation
| Product | Technology | Article Title |
|---|---|---|
| MuleSoft Anypoint | JDBC | Access Excel in Anypoint Using SQL |
| Power Automate | Connect Server | Integrate Excel into Power Automate Automated Tasks |
| SSIS Export | SSIS | Export Data from SQL Server to Excel through SSIS |
| SSIS Import | SSIS | Import Excel Data into SQL Server using SSIS |
| SSIS Lookup | SSIS | Insert New or Update Existing Excel Records from SQL Server |
Data Connectors
ETL/ ELT Solutions
Cloud & API Connectivity
OEM & Custom Drivers