Excel Integration Guides and Tutorials

Jerod Johnson
Director, Technology Evangelism

A list of guides and tutorials for connecting to and working with live Excel data.

CData Software's connectivity tools enable users to connect directly to live Excel data data from widely-used BI, analytics, ETL, and custom applications, ensuring that our customers can access their data wherever they desire. Below, you'll find a collection of guides and tutorials on integrating with live Excel data.

Integration Use-Cases

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Artificial Intelligence - agents, chatbots, and workflows (Claude, ChatGPT, n8n, crewAI, etc.)
Business Intelligence & Analytics - charting, reports, and more (Tableau, Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, etc.)
ETL & Replication - moving and replicating data (CData Sync, AWS Glue, Oracle Data Integrator, etc.)
Data Virtualization - retrieving and manipulating data (DbVisualizer, SQL Server PolyBase, etc.)
Software Development - developing custom applications (.NET, AngularJS, Ruby, Python, etc.)
Data Management - managing data (DBArtisan, RazorSQL, SQuirreL, etc.)
Workflow Automation - building automated workflows (SSIS, Power Automate, etc.)

Artificial Intelligence

Product	Technology	Article Title
Python MCP Server	Python	Connect Excel to AI Assistants With the CData Python MCP Server

Business Intelligence & Analytics

Product	Technology	Article Title
LINQPad	ADO.NET	Working with Excel in LINQPad
TIBCO Spotfire	ADO.NET	Visualize Excel in TIBCO Spotfire through ADO.NET
Microsoft SSAS	ADO.NET	Build an OLAP Cube in SSAS from Excel
Aqua Data Studio	JDBC	Connect to Excel in Aqua Data Studio
AWS Databricks	JDBC	Process & Analyze Excel Data in Databricks (AWS)
Birst	JDBC	Build Visualizations of Excel in Birst
BIRT	JDBC	Design BIRT Reports on Excel
SAP Crystal Reports	JDBC	Publish Reports with Excel in Crystal Reports (JDBC)
FineReport	JDBC	Feed Excel into FineReport
JasperServer	JDBC	Create Excel Reports on JasperReports Server
Jaspersoft BI Suite	JDBC	Connect to Excel in Jaspersoft Studio
JReport Designer	JDBC	Integrate with Excel in JReport Designer
KNIME	JDBC	Enable the Excel JDBC Driver in KNIME
Microstrategy Desktop	JDBC	Use the CData JDBC Driver for Excel in MicroStrategy Desktop
Microstrategy Web	JDBC	Use the CData JDBC Driver for Excel in MicroStrategy Web
MicroStrategy	JDBC	Use the CData JDBC Driver for Excel in MicroStrategy
OBIEE	JDBC	Excel Reporting in OBIEE with the Excel JDBC Driver
Pentaho Report Designer	JDBC	Integrate Excel in the Pentaho Report Designer
R	JDBC	Analyze Excel in R (JDBC)
RapidMiner	JDBC	Connect to Excel in RapidMiner
SAP Business Objects	JDBC	Create an SAP BusinessObjects Universe on the CData JDBC Driver for Excel
Sisense	JDBC	Visualize Live Excel in Sisense
Spago BI	JDBC	Connect to Excel in SpagoBI
TIBCO Spotfire Server	JDBC	Operational Reporting on Excel from Spotfire Server
Clear Analytics	ODBC	Build Charts with Excel in Clear Analytics
IBM Cognos BI	ODBC	Create Data Visualizations in Cognos BI with Excel
DBxtra	ODBC	Build Dashboards with Excel in DBxtra
Domo	ODBC	Create Datasets from Excel in Domo Workbench
Dundas BI	ODBC	Build Dashboards with Excel in Dundas BI
SAS JMP	ODBC	Use the CData ODBC Driver for Excel in SAS JMP
SAS	ODBC	Use the CData ODBC Driver for Excel in SAS for Real-Time Reporting and Analytics
pandas	Python	Use pandas to Visualize Excel in Python
Tableau	Tableau	Visualize Excel in Tableau Desktop
Tableau Server	Tableau	Publish Excel-Connected Dashboards in Tableau Server

ETL & Replication

Product	Technology	Article Title
Apache Airflow	JDBC	Bridge Excel Connectivity with Apache Airflow
Apache Camel	JDBC	Integrate with Excel using Apache Camel
Apache NiFi Batch Operations	JDBC	Perform Batch Operations with Excel Data in Apache NiFi
Apache NiFi	JDBC	Bridge Excel Connectivity with Apache NiFi
CloverDX	JDBC	Connect to Excel in CloverDX (formerly CloverETL)
ETL Validator	JDBC	How to Work with Excel in ETL Validator
Google Data Fusion	JDBC	Build Excel-Connected ETL Processes in Google Data Fusion
HULFT Integrate	JDBC	Connect to Excel in HULFT Integrate
Informatica Cloud	JDBC	Integrate Excel in Your Informatica Cloud Instance
Informatica PowerCenter	JDBC	Create Informatica Mappings From/To a JDBC Data Source for Excel
Jaspersoft ETL	JDBC	Connect to Excel in Jaspersoft Studio
Oracle Data Integrator	JDBC	ETL Excel in Oracle Data Integrator
Pentaho Data Integration	JDBC	Integrate Excel in Pentaho Data Integration
SnapLogic	JDBC	Integrate Excel with External Services using SnapLogic (JDBC)
Talend	JDBC	Connect to Excel and Transfer Data in Talend
FoxPro	ODBC	Work with Excel in FoxPro
UiPath Studio	ODBC	Create an RPA Flow that Connects to Excel in UiPath Studio
petl	Python	Extract, Transform, and Load Excel in Python
BIML	SSIS	Use Biml to Build SSIS Tasks to Replicate Excel to SQL Server
Google AlloyDB	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to Google AlloyDB
Microsoft Azure Tables	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to Azure SQL
Azure Data Lake	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to Azure Data Lake
Azure Synapse	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to Azure Synapse
Google BigQuery	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to Google BigQuery
Apache Cassandra	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to Apache Cassandra
Couchbase	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to Couchbase
CSV	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to Local Delimited Files
Databricks	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to Databricks
IBM DB2	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to IBM DB2
Google Cloud SQL	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to Google Cloud SQL
Heroku / Salesforce Connect	CData Sync	Replicate Excel for Use in Salesforce Connect
Apache Kafka	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to Apache Kafka
MongoDB	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to MongoDB
MySQL	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to MySQL
Microsoft OneLake	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to Microsoft OneLake (Fabric)
Oracle Database	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to Oracle
PostgreSQL	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to PostgreSQL
Amazon Redshift	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to Amazon Redshift
Amazon S3	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to Amazon S3
SAP HANA	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to SAP HANA
SingleStore	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to SingleStore
Snowflake	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to Snowflake
SQLite	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to SQLite
SQL Server	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to SQL Server
Vertica	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Excel Replication to a Vertica Database

Data Virtualization

Product	Technology	Article Title
APOS Live Data Gateway	JDBC	Build Semantic Layer Views for Excel (JDBC)
Denodo	JDBC	Create A Data Source for Excel in Denodo Platform
Dremio	JDBC	Connect to Excel as an External Source in Dremio
PostgreSQL FDW	JDBC	A PostgreSQL Interface for Excel
SQL Server Linked Servers	ODBC	Connect to Excel as a Linked Server
MySQL Federated Tables	ODBC	Connect to Excel as Federated Tables in MySQL
Oracle Database	ODBC	Access Excel as a Remote Oracle Database
SQL Server PolyBase	ODBC	Connect to Excel as an External Data Source using PolyBase
TIBCO Data Virtualization	TIBCO DV	Access Live Excel Data in TIBCO Data Virtualization

Software Development

Product	Technology	Article Title
.NET Charts	ADO.NET	DataBind Charts to Excel
EF - Code First	ADO.NET	Access Excel with Entity Framework 6
DevExpress	ADO.NET	DataBind Excel to the DevExpress Data Grid
EF - LINQ	ADO.NET	LINQ to Excel
EF - MVC	ADO.NET	Build MVC Applications with Connectivity to Excel
PowerBuilder	ADO.NET	Connect to Excel from PowerBuilder
Apache Spark	JDBC	Work with Excel in Apache Spark Using SQL
AWS Lambda	JDBC	Access Live Excel Data in AWS Lambda
ColdFusion	JDBC	Query Excel in ColdFusion Using JDBC
Filemaker Pro (on Mac)	JDBC	Bidirectional Access to Excel from FileMaker Pro (on Mac)
Hibernate	JDBC	Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) with Excel Entities in Java
IntelliJ	JDBC	Connect to Excel in IntelliJ
JBoss	JDBC	Connect to Excel from a Connection Pool in JBoss
JDBI	JDBC	Create a Data Access Object for Excel using JDBI
JetBrains RubyMine	JDBC	Integrate Excel with JetBrains RubyMine
JRuby	JDBC	Connect to Excel in JRuby
Mendix	JDBC	Build Excel-Connected Apps in Mendix (JDBC)
RunMyProcess DSEC	JDBC	Connect to Excel in DigitalSuite Studio through RunMyProcess DSEC
Servoy	JDBC	Build Excel-Connected Apps in Servoy
Spring Boot	JDBC	Access Live Excel Data in Spring Boot Apps
Tomcat	JDBC	Configure the CData JDBC Driver for Excel in a Connection Pool in Tomcat
WebLogic	JDBC	Connect to Excel from a Connection Pool in WebLogic
ColdFusion	ODBC	Query Excel in ColdFusion Using ODBC
C++Builder	ODBC	DataBind Controls to Excel Data in C++Builder
Delphi	ODBC	DataBind Controls to Excel Data in Delphi
Lazarus IDE	ODBC	Easily Integrate Excel Data in Lazarus Pascal IDE
NodeJS	ODBC	Query Excel through ODBC in Node.js
PHP	ODBC	Natively Connect to Excel in PHP
VCL App (RAD Studio)	ODBC	Build a Simple VCL Application for Excel
Ruby	ODBC	Connect to Excel in Ruby
Dash	Python	Use Dash & Python to Build Web Apps on Excel
SQLAlchemy	Python	Use SQLAlchemy ORMs to Access Excel in Python

Data Management

Product	Technology	Article Title
Apache Solr	JDBC	Import Excel Data into Apache Solr
Coginiti Pro	JDBC	Access Live Excel Data in Coginiti Pro
DataGrip	JDBC	Query Excel Data in DataGrip
DB Artisan	JDBC	Manage Excel in DBArtisan as a JDBC Source
DbVisualizer	JDBC	Connect to Excel in DBVisualizer
DBeaver	JDBC	Connect to Excel in DBeaver
Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog	JDBC	Add Excel to Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog
QuerySurge	JDBC	Validate Excel Data with QuerySurge
RazorSQL	JDBC	Connect to Excel in RazorSQL
SQuirreL	JDBC	Connect to Excel in Squirrel SQL Client
DB Artisan	ODBC	Connect to Excel in DBArtisan
MySQL Workbench	ODBC	Query Excel in MySQL Workbench (ODBC)

Workflow Automation

Product	Technology	Article Title
MuleSoft Anypoint	JDBC	Access Excel in Anypoint Using SQL
Blue Prism	ODBC	Integrate Live Excel Data for Intelligent Robotic Process Automation
SSIS Export	SSIS	Export Data from SQL Server to Excel through SSIS
SSIS Import	SSIS	Import Excel Data into SQL Server using SSIS
SSIS Lookup	SSIS	Insert New or Update Existing Excel Records from SQL Server

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