Excel Add-In for Microsoft Access

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Connecting to Microsoft Access Data Sources

Connecting to Microsoft Access

Below are example connection strings to MS Access database files or streams, using the add-in's default data modeling configuration (see below)

Service provider DataSource formats Connection example
Local File Path
file://localPath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=C:/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;
HTTP or HTTPS http://remoteStream
https://remoteStream
DataSource=http://www.host1.com/streamname1;
Amazon S3 File Path
s3://remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=s3://bucket1/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AWSSecretKey=secret1;AWSRegion=OHIO;
Azure Blob Storage File Path
azureblob://mycontainer/myblob/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=azureblob://mycontainer/myblob/MyDatabase.accdb;AzureStorageAccount=myAccount;AzureAccessKey=myKey;
DataSource=azureblob://mycontainer/myblob/MyDatabase.accdb;AzureStorageAccount=myAccount;AuthScheme=OAuth;
Google Drive File Path
gdrive://remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
gdrive://SharedWithMe/remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=gdrive://folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AuthScheme=OAuth;
DataSource=gdrive://SharedWithMe/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AuthScheme=OAuth;
One Drive File Path
onedrive://remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
onedrive://SharedWithMe/remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=onedrive://folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AuthScheme=OAuth;
DataSource=onedrive://SharedWithMe/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AuthScheme=OAuth;
Box File Path
box://remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=box://folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AuthScheme=OAuth;
Dropbox File Path
dropbox://remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=dropbox://folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AuthScheme=OAuth;OAuthClientId=oauthclientid1;OAuthClientSecret=oauthcliensecret1;CallbackUrl=http://localhost:12345;
SharePoint SOAP File Path
sp://remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=sp://Shared Documents/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;User=user1;Password=password1;StorageBaseURL=https://subdomain.sharepoint.com;
SharePoint REST V1 File Path
sprestv1://remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=sprestv1://Shared Documents/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;User=user1;Password=password1;AuthScheme=NTLM;StorageBaseURL=http://sharepointserver/sites/mysite;
DataSource=sprestv1://Shared Documents/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AuthScheme=AzureAD;StorageBaseURL=https://subdomain.sharepoint.com/sites/mysite;
SharePoint GRAPH File Path
spgraph://remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=spgraph://Shared Documents/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AuthScheme=OAuth;StorageBaseURL=https://subdomain.sharepoint.com;
FTP or FTPS File Path
ftp://server:port/remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
ftps://server:port/remotepath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=ftps://localhost:990/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;User=user1;Password=password1;
SFTP File Path
sftp://server:port/remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=sftp://127.0.0.1:22/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;User=user1;Password=password1;
DataSource=sftp://127.0.0.1:22/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;SSHAuthmode=PublicKey;SSHClientCert=myPrivateKey
Azure Data Lake Store Gen1 File Path
adl://remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
adl://Account.azuredatalakestore.net@remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=adl://folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AuthScheme=OAuth;AzureStorageAccount=myAccount;AzureTenant=tenant;
DataSource=adl://myAccount.azuredatalakestore.net@folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AuthScheme=OAuth;AzureTenant=tenant;
Azure Data Lake Store Gen2 File Path
abfs://myfilesystem/remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
abfs://[email protected]/remotepath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=abfs://myfilesystem/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AzureStorageAccount=myAccount;AzureAccessKey=myKey;
DataSource=abfs://[email protected]/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AzureAccessKey=myKey;
Azure Data Lake Store Gen2 with SSL File Path
abfss://myfilesystem/remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
abfss://[email protected]/remotepath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=abfss://myfilesystem/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AzureStorageAccount=myAccount;AzureAccessKey=myKey;
DataSource=abfss://[email protected]/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AzureAccessKey=myKey;
Wasabi File Path
wasabi://bucket1/remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=wasabi://bucket/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AccessKey=token1;SecretKey=secret1;Region='us-west-1';
Google Cloud Storage File Path
gs://bucket/remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=gs://bucket/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AuthScheme=OAuth;ProjectId=test;
Oracle Cloud Storage File Path
os://bucket/remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=os://bucket/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AccessKey='myKey';SecretKey='mySecretKey';OracleNameSpace='myNameSpace' Region='us-west-1';
Azure File File Path
azurefile://fileShare/remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=azurefile://bucket/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AzureStorageAccount='myAccount';AzureAccessKey='mySecretKey';
DataSource=azurefile://bucket/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AzureStorageAccount='myAccount';AzureSharedAccessSignature='mySharedAccessSignature';
IBM Object Storage Source File Path
ibmobjectstorage://bucket1/remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=ibmobjectstorage://bucket/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;AuthScheme='IAMSecretKey';AccessKey=token1;SecretKey=secret1;Region='eu-gb';
DataSource=ibmobjectstorage://bucket/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb;ApiKey=key1;Region='eu-gb';AuthScheme=OAuth;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;
Hadoop Distributed File System File Path
webhdfs://host:port/remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=webhdfs://host:port/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb
Secure Hadoop Distributed File System File Path
webhdfss://host:port/remotePath/MyDatabase.accdb
DataSource=webhdfss://host:port/folder1/MyDatabase.accdb

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