I am trying to get the subscription for SSRS to send the CSV data to an existing Excel template so that the data is formatted to our excel reports and all the conditional formatting in them every morning but it's just creating a new file. How do I send the data to a specific template file?
While SSRS doesn't have built-in functionality for exporting directly to an Excel template, I have a suggestion for a workaround. Use SSRS to export the data in CSV or Excel format. Then, in the Excel template file, go to the Data menu and select Get Data > From File. This lets you use Excel's built-in Power Query functionality to reference the exported file as a data source.
One of the benefits of this approach is that to get fresh data all you need to do is overwrite the data file and then click "Refresh All" in your Excel file. You can also take advantage of the transformation functions that are available in Power Query to avoid repetitive cleanup tasks if needed.
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Like excel has Data=>From Web to import a table in webpage in excel. How can I achieve this in MS Access? I want to data in table in external web page into the MS Access Table. Just Like we can in excel.
I don't want to use any intermediate excel to import data in Access but direct
external html page data into Access.
I want to import the option chain from NSE India into MS Access.
The external webdata is Option chain from NSE india like in URL:
https://nseindia.com/live_market/dynaContent/live_watch/option_chain/optionKeys.jsp?symbolCode=-10003&symbol=NIFTY&symbol=NIFTY&instrument=OPTIDX&date=-&segmentLink=17&segmentLink=17
This was done in Excel but I want to do it in MS Access.
There is no easy way to do this; Access can get the table from the downloaded file, but it will be confused by the double-line headers. It can ignore one line but not two, thus the headers' second line will be read as data scrambling the real data.
Excel just does a better job isolating the table with its headers and values. Your best option, in my opinion, will be to automate Excel, using it to retrieve the page and build the table. Then, from Access, link the prepared worksheet holding the table.
Alternatively, use the function DownloadFile found in my project at GitHub: VBA.PictureUrl, link the file, and create a query (using the linked file as source) where you clean up and convert the retrieved data as needed.
I understand it is possible to export the report data into multiple file types using the export button. however i'm wanting to access the information without having to manually export. So my question is, is it possible using a batch file or powershell to read a text box on the report and output it say into a notepad file or spreadsheet. or if not maybe just a way to export all of the data on the report without having to manually do it? Screenshot attached for an example.
One option is to create a subscription for the report and either have an attachment emailed to you or have it saved to a network location. In either case, there are several export options (csv, excel, xml, etc.). If you're only wanting partial data from the report, I'd recommend creating a sql query or just create a new report that gets you exactly what you need.
I have created a package to fetch data from two SQL Server tables, and using merge join combined this data, then stored the result into an Excel destination.
The first time it works fine. The second time it stores repeated data in the Excel file.
How do I overwrite the Excel file rows?
Yes, Possible!
Here is the solution:
First go to your Excel Destination Click to New Button next to Name of Excel Sheet, copy the DML query inside.
Then put an Execute SQL Task into your Control Flow and connect it to your data flow that contains Excel destination. Set the Connection Type To Excel, Set the Connection to your Excel Destination's Excel Connection Manager, go to SQL Statement and type :
Drop TABLE `put the name of the sheet in the excel query you just copied`
Go
finally paste the query after it.
It is all you need to do to solve the problem.
You can refer to this link for a complete info:
http://dwhanalytics.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/ssis-dynamically-generate-excel-tablesheet/
Yes, Possible!
Using SSIS we can solve this problem:
first of all, crate an Excel format file (Structure Format using Excel Connection Manager) at one location as a template file. Then create a copy of that excel file using FILE SYSTEM TASK in another location and make sure that SET OverwriteDestination=True. Finally, using a data flow task, insert data into the new copied file. whenever we want insert data, it will create a copy of the template excel file and then load the data.
Unfortunately the Excel connection manager does not have a setting that allows overwriting the data. You'll need to set up some file manipulation using the File System Task in the Control Flow.
There are several possibilities, here's one of them. You can create a template file (which just contains the sheet with the header) and prior to the Data Flow Transformation a File System Task copies it over the previously exported file.
The File System Task (MSDN)
For Excel it will append data. There is no such option available for overwriting data.
You have to delete and recreate the file through the File System task.
Using a CSV file with flat-file connection manager would serve your purpose of overwriting.
The best solution for me was using File System Tasks to delete and recreate the Excel files from a template.
What I was trying to do was to send every employee a report with Excel attachment in the same format but different data. In a foreach container for each employee, I get the required data, create an Excel file and send a mail with the Excel file attached.
I first:
Create an Excel template (manually)
Create an original Excel file to be used (manually)
Then in the foreach container:
Delete the original file (SSIS File System Task )
Copy the template as the original file (SSIS File System Task)
Get the data from SQL Server and write them to the original file (SSIS Data Flow Task)
Send the mail (SSIS -> SQL Stored Procedure)
I try to export excel file with some format like:
Interior.Color
HorizontalAlignment
Font.Bold
and etc..
So the question is, can we do like that is SSIS..
and how to do it?
Not natively no.
If you always have the same output format you could create a formatted template spreadsheet, then make a copy of that to fill with data. I have seen this done before, the formulas and formatting were in the template, the SSIS job copied the template, then populated the copy.
SSIS is primarily a tool for moving data. Although it may be possible to write a script task or a custom component to do what you want, a better way would be to use a tool that is designed for presentation of data (a reporting tool, for example: SSRS) to do what you are trying to do.
I am creating a website...and i want to give a liberty to users, to upload the data of excel file and then i want to save that excel data inside mysql database on runtime...
kindly help me in performing this task...
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thank you
Amitesh
You can query the data in the excel sheet using Open Xml
Using this instead of running Excel via interop is both faster, more stable and saves you licence costs.