I'm kind of new to Access. I've got some experience working with integrating MySQL and Oracle with PHP to create web-based database search engines, but I am having difficulty understanding certain concepts with Access.
I've got a small database with around 200 entries with 20 fields each. I've written a form to search it by using VBA to run an SQL query against the database and displays the results in datasheet mode to a different form (is this the standard way of doing this, or is there a better way?)
I want to be able to add a button to export those results to excel (or csv or tab or whatever, it doesn't really matter). However, I'm not sure how to do this with the form results. Its easy with an entire database, but I can't find documentation on how to do this. Is there a way to do this? Or am I doing this wrong?
If at all required, I can provide more details.
You said "I've written a form to search it by using VBA to run an SQL query against the database and displays the results in datasheet mode to a different form".
If you mean an actual form in datasheet view, you can export that form's data to Excel with the DoCmd.OutputTo method.
DoCmd.OutputTo acOutputForm, "frmResults", acFormatXLS, _
"C:\SomeFolder\ExportedResults.xls"
However, if you're opening a query in datasheet view, rather than an actual form, you can export the query's result set.
DoCmd.OutputTo acOutputQuery, "qryResults", acFormatXLS, _
"C:\SomeFolder\ExportedResults.xls"
You can choose a different OutputFormat instead of Excel if you wish. Look at Access' Help topic for the OutputTo method to see the available choices.
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I am looking to build a simple, one page app that does the following (the users who would be utilizing this tool would need this to involve zero code, and as little "clicks" as possible):
a worker who has taken samples could import data (in an excel format) to a database, ideally a SQL server.
after import is complete, the user could use drop downs and filters to set parameters for what report they want to see.
with the "export data button," the user could then export a report to an excel file for their download and use.
I am not very familiar with PowerApps - by the looks of it, this seems like something that can be done, but I don't want to waste time if this is not worth the effort and won't have the functionality I am looking for. If this IS impossible, any suggestions on where I could build out something like this?
I have a multilingual Microsoft Form. I want to show a column for Language in my Power Automate flow, but I cannot find a way.
When I export the data from my form manually, the export shows Language.
But, within Power Automate, I do not seem to have the option to include this.
It's a key part of my data, so any ideas how I can achieve this?
Thanks!
See below the Microsoft Form, its just a set of questions, but the user has the ability to change the language in the corner, because its a multilingual form.
When I set up my Power Automate flow, the only options to include are the actual questions from the form...there is no way to add language.
But I know Microsoft is storing that information because if I export the data without Power Automate, Language is automatically included.
You have to create an Forms formular which is synchronizing with an Excel sheet.
For this, go to your One Drive and create a new forms formular:
After adding the option to change the language in the forms, you have to synchronize your responses in Excel again:
Now, you get a new Excel file with answers and the column "language" from the forms.
You can access to this Excel in Power Automate to use the column language in the flow. For this, use the action "Get a row". The key value is the ResponseID of your forms response.
I'm currently working with BIRT and I am having problems trying to create a report with multiple data sources and data sets.
For example, let's say I have a wizard. This wizard allows the user to graphically select data sources in a list. After selecting a few data sources and finishing the wizard, I would like the report to be rendered with the selected data sources.
I have tried a few thing such as adding data sources/sets to an ElementFactory object, but that does not seem to work.
Does anyone know of where I can find documentation on this sort of thing? Possibly some pointers?
Thanks.
Does anyone have an elegant suggestion for how to get the contents of an Excel spreadsheet into SQL Server via a web form? I need to allow our clients to upload modest amounts of structured data, and I need that data to ultimately reside in a sql table. I really can't expect the clientele to produce anything but an Excel file, but I could require that it be an xlsx.
The web app is written in Coldfusion; it doesn't need to be able to handle huge numbers of simultaneous requests, but I don't want to consider some sort of server-side batch job processing or shunt the user to an asp.net page (which is what we are doing now).
Any recommendations (or examples of how others are successfully doing this) would be appreciated. Due to the sensitivity of the data, we really can't do anything to compromise the security of the web or sql servers.
If you are using CF9, then you could easily use the cfspreadsheet tag too. I mention this one specifically because Shawn's link did not (presumably due to its being relatively new on the CF scene). Here's the livedoc link: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/CFMLRef/WSc3ff6d0ea77859461172e0811cbec17cba-7f87.html
For full use, I would create a web form with a standard file upload field. On the backend handling the form submission, get a copy of the file with
<cffile action="upload" destination="uploaded.xls".....>
Then use:
<cfspreadsheet action="read" query="myExcelData" src="uploaded.xls" ...>
At which point, your spreadsheet content will be available as a query object. You can then loop over this query, running insert queries into your sql server each time you loop. That should do it.
Here are the most notable options to help point you in the right direction; choose what you are most comfortable with (Source: Charlie Arehart).
CFXL
JXLS
CFX_Excel
My personal recommendation is to go the CFX_Excel route. Although a commercial product, it will grant you the most functionality/flexibility of the options listed.
I was given an Excel template and have to automate filling it.
It is supposed to be uploaded every month into the grand central DB of our company. Grand central accepts nothing other than an Excel file with that template.
I tried reproducing the same using SSRS but it looks like SSRS has no control over rendering the looks and data in Excel (it keeps hiding columns and rows which is not acceptable). I have created a SQL connection on the Excel to get the stored procedure data into Excel.
Now I have to make sure the data goes into the template into appropriate fields. I think it needs groupings and page breaks also.
Please help..
You're on the right track with dumping SSRS as a way to export into the template. I've also found that the Excel rendering extension in SSRS does a lot of hiding and merging cells with certain report designs.
You will probably end up needing to write a script in your language of choice to load the data into appropriate cells on the template.
Here are some Powershell articles on Excel automation:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2006/09/08/how-can-i-use-windows-powershell-to-automate-microsoft-excel.aspx
http://winpowershell.blogspot.com/2007/03/powershell-and-excel-com-object.html
Also take a look at Perl and the Win32::OLE module:
https://metacpan.org/pod/Win32::OLE
http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=153486