Getting data into excel without export

[chriswrcg]

Is it possible to have excel automatically get data out of Access without having to export the data out? I want to use Access as the Database entry program while accessing that data with excel for manipulation and reports.

[JoeM]

Here is one way: https://www.techrepublic.com/article...ess-databases/

[CJ_London]

depends what you mean by 'automatically'

you can have code to execute an ado query on Access and then parse the recordset to populate an excel range. This might be run on a timer or some event such as when the file is opened or a button

Something I did a while ago was create a function which the user could use in a cell. On excel recalculation the function fetched a single value based on the function parameters - I called it dbLookup

[alansidman]

You can import/Load an Access Table or Access Query directly into Power Query and then load to Excel. Power Query is part of Excel. For 2010, you will need to download the add-in.