SSIS to get to underlying data in an excel pivot

  • Hi,

    I have a pivot table that shows rev/mgn information of tablets selling in top markets in the world. My interest lies in getting to the entire dataset behind the pivot. The way I would do it in excel is to double click on any cell in the 'grand total' row. Is there a way I can do it in SSIS where I can just pass the file name of the excel file & it would extract the data & save it as another excel file.

    Many thanks in anticipation

    MH

  • I assume the underlying data is stored in an Excel sheet?

    In SSIS, you need to specify the Excel file and the sheet to import the data.

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  • Hi Koen,

    Basically in the excel file, data has been downloaded in a pivot format from a sql server (to which I dont have access). And this pivot has high level details. The only way I can see all details behind the pivot is to double click and expand. There is no tab/sheet in this excel sheet that has all the data. Is it possible to do the same step in SSIS?

    Rgds

  • Hi MH,

    is the connection to the data source still there?

    If yes,

    - either access the data underlying the pivot directly in Excel using the already existing connection (DATA -> existing connections)

    - or you try to use the connection string (visible in DATA ->Connection ->properties) in SSIS respectively without using Excel connection manager.

    Kind regards,

    Conny

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