ADO.NET Provider for Microsoft Excel Online

Build 26.0.9655

Schema

This section provides a complete list of the Schema properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.


PropertyDescription
LocationSpecifies the location of a directory containing schema files that define tables, views, and stored procedures. Depending on your service's requirements, this may be expressed as either an absolute path or a relative path.
BrowsableSchemasOptional setting that restricts the schemas reported to a subset of all available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC .
TablesOptional setting that restricts the tables reported to a subset of all available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC .
ViewsOptional setting that restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC .
HeaderIndicates whether or not the provider should detect column names from the first row.
IncludePrimaryKeyControls whether the driver includes an auto-generated primary key column in the table definition.
PrimaryKeyIdentifierSpecifies the name of the primary key column that holds the row number.
DefineTablesDefines the ranges within a worksheet that will appear as tables.
IncludePreRangeColumnsControls whether to include columns that appear before the specified Excel range.
SeparatorCharacterSpecifies the character used to separate the workbook name and worksheet name in the generated table name.
IncludeFileExtensionsSpecifies whether file extensions should be included in table names.
IncludeFilePathSpecifies whether to include the file path in table names. This property has no effect when the provider is using the Search API.
SkipFilesLargerThanThe maximum file size (in MB) of workbook files included when scanning for worksheets to model as tables.

Copyright (c) 2026 CData Software, Inc. - All rights reserved.
Build 26.0.9655