The functions are explained separately in chapter 3. They mainly concern with the functions with which you can use data from Exact in your worksheet. In this chapter a few general tips are given for working with Exact Excel Add-In.
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This can be necessary when you use non-standard ODBC drivers or when 'progress' is not the owner of the Exact tables on an Oracle database. The button 'Customize ODBC Driver' can be used to define the settings yourself. The first three buttons can be used to choose the default connection settings of Progress / Oracle. When the option 'Login Database' is chosen, a screen appears containing several buttons. version number) on Exact Financials Add-In This option enables you to open the help topics This option enables you to log out of the Exact database This option enables you to log in on the Exact database Under 'E xact Financials' you will find the following menu options: The menu bar contains an extra menu-option: 'E xact Financials', at the top-right.
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Or edit the query using the Edit Query button which launches the MS Query Wizard which is a user-friendly interface that looks like MS Access.How to instal Excel add-in using ODBC (Until version 7.12)īefore you install Exact Excel Add-in, Excel has to be installed together with the Data Access Objects (DAO) functionality:įor installing Exact Excel Add-in please follow the steps mentioned below:.The query appears in the Command text window at the bottom.To view the Query, and potentially change it,.Default location of connection: C:\Users\\Documents\My Data Sources.Ultimately this creates a Query – you will be prompted to save the query – you can view at this stage.Follow the steps in the Query Wizard, optional steps are to add filters on rows.Ensure the Use the Query Wizard to create/edit queries checkbox is selected.Your DSN will appear in the Choose Data Source pop-up select the DSN you created above.Select the From Other Sources > From Microsoft Query option.Your spreadsheet will be populated with data.You will now be prompted to Import Data, click OK.Your connection file will be saved – the default location is: C:\Users\\Documents\My Data Sources.Provide a user-friendly name (and other details) for the connection file.Select the Connect to a specific table checkbox and select the table – you can also connect to a view.Select the database from the dropdown list.Select dsnlocalhost from the ODBC data sources list.Select the From Data Connection Wizard option.Open Excel, open and save a new workbook or open an existing workbook.I used this excellent tutorial to create a DSN called dsnlocalhost Download and install the MySQL ODBC (mysql-connector-odbc-5.3.4-win圆4.msi), and create a DSN.
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I did this using Microsoft Office Professional 2013.
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This is how to dynamically connect to and query a MySQL database table directly from MS Excel on a local development machine. After swatting up on connecting QlikView to a MySQL database, I used the knowledge gained to create a similar set-up, this time with Microsoft Excel.