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November 2008 - The Excel Team Blog

  • Using the Open XML SDK to Work With Excel Files

    Over on Brian Jones' blog there are two recent articles that may be of interest to our readers here. They deal with using the Open XML SDK to programmatically interact with Excel's XML-based file format. One deals with "document assembly", which is essentially building a file mostly from scratch based on other data that is fed from some other system (e.g. a database). The other deals with using the SDK to read data from an Excel file. If these scenarios interest you, have a look...
  • Using PivotTables to Analyze Data From a SharePoint List

    Today's author, Diego Oppenheimer, a Program Manager on the Excel team, talks about connecting PivotTables to data stored in SharePoint Lists. Many of us on the Excel team have been approached by customers asking us how to create a connection to a SharePoint list. SharePoint lists can be exported easily by creating a Microsoft Office Excel Web Query. The connection can then be tied directly to lists or PivotTables in the workbook like any other Data Connection. I have a SharePoint List that we...
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