Pulling data out of a large database

I am trying to build a file to pull information from a larger database and
put it into summary file. I would like to be able to use criteria like >15
months and % range <100 to pull information about products from a larger
database. A single row of data would have multiple columns. I need to be
able to pull the entire row of data, that corresponds to the criteria, to the
summary sheet.

I hope this makes sense.

Thanks

Dave,
You need to make an ODBC connection to the database and use MSQuery to query
the data. Click on Data, Import External Data, New Database Query. In the
Choose data source select a preexisting data connection or create a new one
to your database. Follow the wizard from there.

"Dave" wrote:

> I am trying to build a file to pull information from a larger database and
> put it into summary file. I would like to be able to use criteria like >15
> months and % range <100 to pull information about products from a larger
> database. A single row of data would have multiple columns. I need to be
> able to pull the entire row of data, that corresponds to the criteria, to the
> summary sheet.
>
> I hope this makes sense.
>
> Thanks

Hi Gary

Sorry, I did not include enough info. The data in the "database" is in an
Excel file. Is there a way to query the excel file?

Thanks


"Gary Rowe" wrote:

> Dave,
> You need to make an ODBC connection to the database and use MSQuery to query
> the data. Click on Data, Import External Data, New Database Query. In the
> Choose data source select a preexisting data connection or create a new one
> to your database. Follow the wizard from there.
>
> "Dave" wrote:
>
> > I am trying to build a file to pull information from a larger database and
> > put it into summary file. I would like to be able to use criteria like >15
> > months and % range <100 to pull information about products from a larger
> > database. A single row of data would have multiple columns. I need to be
> > able to pull the entire row of data, that corresponds to the criteria, to the
> > summary sheet.
> >
> > I hope this makes sense.
> >
> > Thanks

Dave,
Yes you can query a worksheet including the workbook you're working in.
Your data needs to be in a table with a header row for each column. Click on
data, import external data, new database query. On the choose data source
dialog box choose "excel files" and then select the excile file with the
worksheet data you're wanting to query. Proceed from there.

"Dave" wrote:

> Hi Gary
>
> Sorry, I did not include enough info. The data in the "database" is in an
> Excel file. Is there a way to query the excel file?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> "Gary Rowe" wrote:
>
> > Dave,
> > You need to make an ODBC connection to the database and use MSQuery to query
> > the data. Click on Data, Import External Data, New Database Query. In the
> > Choose data source select a preexisting data connection or create a new one
> > to your database. Follow the wizard from there.
> >
> > "Dave" wrote:
> >
> > > I am trying to build a file to pull information from a larger database and
> > > put it into summary file. I would like to be able to use criteria like >15
> > > months and % range <100 to pull information about products from a larger
> > > database. A single row of data would have multiple columns. I need to be
> > > able to pull the entire row of data, that corresponds to the criteria, to the
> > > summary sheet.
> > >
> > > I hope this makes sense.
> > >
> > > Thanks

You can use an Advanced Filter to extract the data. There are
instructions in Excel's Help, and here:

http://www.contextures.com/xladvfilter01.html

Dave wrote:
> I am trying to build a file to pull information from a larger database and
> put it into summary file. I would like to be able to use criteria like >15
> months and % range <100 to pull information about products from a larger
> database. A single row of data would have multiple columns. I need to be
> able to pull the entire row of data, that corresponds to the criteria, to the
> summary sheet.

--
Debra Dalgleish
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