Excel Connection Manager Editor

Use the Excel Connection Manager Editor dialog box to add a connection to an existing or a new Microsoft Excel workbook file.

To learn more about the Excel connection manager, see Excel Connection Manager.

Note

You cannot connect to a password-protected Excel file.

Options

Excel file path
Type the path and file name of an existing or a new Excel workbook file (.xls).

Warning

The Excel Destination Editor automatically creates the Excel file when you select an Excel Connection that points to a new/non-existent file and then click New for Name of the Excel Sheet.
Browse
Use the Open dialog box to navigate to the folder in which the excel file exists or where you want to create the new file.

Excel version
Specify the version of Microsoft Excel that was used to create the file.

Option	Description
Excel 97-2003	File was created using Excel 97 or later.
Excel 3.0	File was created using Excel 3.0.
Excel 4.0	File was created using Excel 4.0.
Excel 5.0	File was created using Excel 95 (7.0).

First row has column names
Specify whether the first row of data in the selected worksheet contains column names. The default value of this option is True.