Excel Destination Editor (Connection Manager Page)

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Use the Connection Manager page of the Excel Destination Editor dialog box to specify data source information, and to preview the results. The Excel destination loads data into a worksheet or a named range in a Microsoft Excel workbook.

Note

To load data to a data source that uses Microsoft Excel 2007, use an OLE DB destination. You cannot use an Excel destination to connect to an Excel 2007 data source. For more information, see Excel Connection Manager Editor.

Note

The CommandTimeout property of the Excel destination is not available in the Excel Destination Editor, but can be set by using the Advanced Editor. In addition, certain Fast Load options are available only in the Advanced Editor. For more information on these properties, see the Excel Destination section of Destination Custom Properties.

To learn more about the Excel destination, see Excel Destination.

Static Options

  • OLE DB connection manager
    Select an existing Excel connection manager from the list, or create a new connection by clicking New.
  • New
    Create a new connection manager by using the Excel Connection Manager dialog box.

  • Data access mode
    Specify the method for selecting data from the source.

    Option Description

    Table or view

    Loads data into a worksheet or named range in the Excel data source.

    Table name or view name variable

    Specify the worksheet or range name in a variable.

    Related information: Using Variables in Packages

    SQL command

    Load data into the Excel destination by using an SQL query.
  • Preview
    Preview results by using the Preview Query Results dialog box. Preview can display up to 200 rows.

Data Access Mode Dynamic Options

Data access mode = Table or view

  • Name of the Excel sheet
    Select the name of the worksheet or named range from a list of those available in the data source.
  • New
    Create a new worksheet in the destination workbook by using the Create Table dialog box. The Create Table dialog box generates a default SQL statement that uses data types appropriate for SQL Server. You may need to specify different data types in the SQL statement, because Excel supports a more limited set of data types than SQL Server.

Data access mode = Table name or view name variable

  • Variable name
    Select the variable that contains the name of the worksheet or named range.

Data access mode = SQL command

  • SQL command text
    Enter the text of an SQL query, build the query by clicking Build Query, or locate the file that contains the query text by clicking Browse.
  • Build Query
    Use the Query Builder dialog box to construct the SQL query visually.
  • Browse
    Use the Open dialog box to locate the file that contains the text of the SQL query.
  • Parse Query
    Verify the syntax of the query text.

See Also

Reference

Excel Destination Editor (Mappings Page)
Excel Destination Editor (Error Output Page)

Other Resources

Integration Services Error and Message Reference
How to: Loop through Excel Files and Tables

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance

Change History

Release History

12 December 2006
New content:
  • Added a note about the use of Excel 2007 data sources.

5 December 2005
New content:
  • Added Note about use of the Advanced Editor.