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Connecting to Access databases

In this video, Deborah Ashby from Simon Sez IT explores how to access data from an external dataset in Excel.

In this video, you’ll explore how to access data from an external dataset.

You will learn more about:

  • the basic features of an Access database
  • how to create a live connection between an Excel workbook and an external dataset
  • how to refresh an Excel workbook to update information from an external dataset.
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Advanced Data Visualisation and Analysis in Excel

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