Miscellaneous
This section provides a complete list of the Miscellaneous properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
| Property | Description |
| AllowFormula | Whether or not to treat values starting with an equals (=) sign as formulas during inserts and updates. |
| BatchSize | The maximum size of each batch operation to submit. |
| ConnectionLifeTime | The maximum lifetime of a connection in seconds. Once the time has elapsed, the connection object is disposed. |
| ConnectOnOpen | This property specifies whether to connect to the Microsoft Excel Online when the connection is opened. |
| Header | Indicates whether or not the provider should detect column names from the first row. |
| MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time. |
| Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
| Pagesize | The maximum number of results to return per page from Microsoft Excel Online when UsePagination is True. |
| PoolIdleTimeout | The allowed idle time for a connection before it is closed. |
| PoolMaxSize | The maximum connections in the pool. |
| PoolMinSize | The minimum number of connections in the pool. |
| PoolWaitTime | The max seconds to wait for an available connection. |
| PseudoColumns | This property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table. |
| Readonly | You can use this property to enforce read-only access to Microsoft Excel Online from the provider. |
| RowScanDepth | The maximum number of rows to scan to look for the columns available in a table. |
| RTK | The runtime key used for licensing. |
| SharepointURL | The base URL of your Sharepoint Server. |
| ShowSharedDocuments | Whether or not to show shared documents. |
| Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
| TypeDetectionScheme | Determines how to determine the data types of columns. |
| UseConnectionPooling | This property enables connection pooling. |
| UsePagination | Whether or not the CData ADO.NET Provider for Microsoft Excel Online should use client side paging. |
| UserDefinedViews | A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views. |
| UseSimpleNames | Boolean determining if simple names should be used for tables and columns. |
| ValueInputOption | Determines how the provider parses values the user submits to Microsoft Excel Online. |
| ValueRenderOption | Determines how the provider renders values in the output. |