Connecting to Microsoft Access

Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to Microsoft Access and configure any necessary connection properties. You can create a connection profile by clicking Get Data and selecting From Microsoft Access on the CData ribbon.

Advanced Configurations

You can also configure add-in capabilities through the available Connection properties, from data modeling to firewall traversal. The Advanced Settings section shows how to set up more advanced add-in configurations and troubleshoot connection errors.

Configuring a Connection Profile

You can configure access control in a connection profile by defining the operations allowed against Microsoft Access data and store the profile in the workbook to make the workbook easy to share. See Managing Connections for more configuration options for connection profiles.

Connecting from Excel

The add-in adds controls to the Excel ribbon, standard Excel formulas, and VBA classes for writing macros.

Microsoft Access Version Support

The add-in connects to Microsoft Access Database files stored locally on disk. Supported filetypes include Microsoft Access 1997 (.mdb, r/o), Access 2000 (.mdb), Access 2003 (.mdb), Access 2007 (.accdb), Access 2010 (.accdb), Access 2013 (.accdb), Access 2016 (.accdb) and Access 2019 (.accdb) database files.

See Also

• See Using the Excel Add-In to work with Microsoft Access data from the CData ribbon.
• By Writing Parameterized Queries in the From Microsoft Access dialog, you can easily create a dynamic spreadsheet based on an underlying SQL SELECT query. Cell values provide the query's input parameters.
• Use the CData Excel Functions to execute multiple queries from the same sheet or to use cells and ranges to manipulate Microsoft Access data.
• See Using the Excel Add-In (VBA) to write macros that can automate any of the capabilities available on the ribbon.