I am trying to build a report using Oracle BI Publisher Excel Template. However, I also want use few excel formulas in that to enhance more functionalities. But I am unable to do that. When the report is getting executed, the formulas are getting lost. Any support would be well appreciated
I am trying to build a report using Oracle BI Publisher Excel Template. However, I also want use few excel formulas in that to enhance more functionalities. But I am unable to do that. When the report is getting executed, the formulas are getting lost. Any support would be well appreciated
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I want to get data like Workspace,Projects,Sub Projects,Releases etc from Rally in excel Macro
I am able to connect to Rally but I Need code in VB scripts to get the Workspacelist and selecting a workspace project list, upon selecting a project sub project and then release.
There is an excel add-in that makes it very easy to query data from Rally and pull it into sheets in excel. Are you using that? Once the data is in there it should be straightforward to manipulate in VB. We don't have any existing tools for doing this natively in VB though.
My skill level: basic user of VBA, know next to nothing about SQL (though I’ve recently learned how to execute code, etc).
I’ve created a user interface in an Excel worksheet to allow user input of report variables (dates, etc). These pass into a second Excel worksheet that, through the use of various Excel statements, creates the necessary SQL code. My macro then copies this worksheet and opens Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Rx via a shell command. Currently, I then manually click “connect” on the resultant Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 connect-to-server window (which does not need a password, just requires me to click “connect”), I create a new query, I paste the code in and then execute in SQL. So it is these latter steps (opening SQL, click “connect”, copy/paste code, execute) that I’m trying to automate via VBA.
To offer more context, once the SQL code has run, I then have a second macro that uses the Excel Data Connection wizard to bring the resultant SQL data back into my worksheet. This is working well.
I’ve researched this for several days on various boards. None seem to observe my approach of creating the code in Excel (probably because it is an inelegant approach). Or the post responses are beyond my skill level to understand. But I do fear that I’m asking a question that has been answered before (apologies in advance).
Thanks for whatever advice/time can be offered.
I’m using:
Excel/Office 2010
Microsoft SQL Server2008 R2 (is this the same as Microsoft SQL Server Management Studios? My SQL application shows both names)
Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 6.1 Library (this is NOT currently checked off. One post I saw referenced the need for this. I have multiple prior AciveX Library versions available as well.)
What you're doing is very ingenious, but it's probably not necessary. Excel has a number of features for importing external data.
I would look at the Data tab in Excel and the From Other Sources section of the ribbon. You have at least three options: the From SQL Server, From Data Connection Wizard, and From Microsoft Query options.
All of these will set up a connection to a database server and execute SQL against it. They return data to your spreadsheet in different ways.
Where VBA will come into play again is in automating the generation and parameterization of the queries these will execute.
But I would set up something that works, with constants for your parameter values, first, so you get an idea of the possibilities, and then read and research dynamically setting your SQL with VBA.
You might also investigate PowerPivot, by the way.
So I have been using ASP for all of a week now and perhaps this is something that I just can't do, but I am trying to dynamically generate reports from data stored in a SQL database. I am publishing the reports through an ASP document and displaying by specifying Excel for the MIME content type:
Response.Buffer = TRUE
Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel"
Is it at all possible to "attach" macros to the document? I understand I can do basic formatting in the HTML, but I would prefer to import the desired database data and handle it within excel via macros.
EDIT:
I have several reports I need to generate but for one example:
I want to load retrieved data from the database into a sheet in excel.
Attach Macro
Begin Macro:
Hide the specified sheet.
Programatically create new sheets for categories of data.
Format sheets.
The question is not about how to program the macro, just whether or not a macro can be attached and how to achieve this. In regards to alerts upon opening the sheet, if I can attach macros I should, theoretically, be able to suppress those in the Open Workbook event.
EDIT: I believe I can achieve the desired result by using OWC (Office Web Components) (see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;288130). However, I am not sure if I will be able to install it on our Web Server. Any other suggestions?
While it is possible in a strictly technical sense, it is neither simple nor advisable. The recipient of the sheet will get multiple prompts related to the security of your macros; the source of your macros; and if they really, truly, honestly meant to click to enable macros...
I am storing data in a backend database (PostgreSQL) which is running on a Linux machine. I want to be able to fetch data from the database, and populate a sheet in an excel workbook, so that I can carry out analysis in Excel.
It has been quite a while since I wrote anything in VBA, so I would appreciate some help (or links) in getting started. I would like to know the best way to approach this:
Pure VBA solution OR
Mixture of C# or other .Net language for data extraction logic and VBA for manipulating Excel objects (sheet data population etc)
Any ideas, tips, snippets and/or links that can help me get started on the twin objectives:
fetching data from a backend database (PostgreSQL) into Excel
populating a specified sheet in Excel with the columnar data retreived from the database
will be much appreciated.
If you are just trying to import data, Excel can do that without additional code. Just set up your windows client to connect to your postgreSQL server thru ODBC. (Here's one way guide to setting that part up: enter link description here
Then in Excel (Use a modern version, like 2007 or greater) from the "Data" tab, click on "Existing Connections" to connect to the ODBC connection you set up and pick the tables/data to import into excel. Once the spreadsheet has loaded the data, you can just click the "Refresh All" button to update the data.
Can I create a macro written in C# for Excel that allows me to export a cell's data to a SQL Server or Access database?
Basically, I'd like to create a button in Excel that saves the data in certain cells to a database. Can this be done?
Instead of creating a UI from scratch for a program, I've decided using Excel as the user environment would be better for business needs.
How to automate Excel by using Visual C# to fill or to obtain data in a range by using arrays would be a good starting point.
Be aware, you're going to find it frustrating to control what people attempt to enter into the Excel sheet, as the inherit flexibility of the data works again your efforts to write it to a database destination.