Need column names and types from multiple servers and databases

  • I have a source/table mapping document in Excel used in a large datamart application.
    I am trying to make the target assignments from the source tables....but there are many of them...some on different servers.
    What I would love to do is Open Excel from within T-SQL and have that procedure just append to column names and data types to a designated worksheet.
    The trick is that a parameter would be needed to indicate the worksheet is to be cleared first before being appended.
    I saw this article : http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Excel/64838/ but it's somewhat dated....and it only performs a cell-at-a-time transfer.
    Outside of SSIS, can anyone think of a better way of doing this ? 
    My intent is to use this tool throughout the project.....as we have over 128 KPI's to develop.....from hundreds of target tables.
    Yes, I could do this manually, but that would be brutal..and error-prone as with anything manually done in Excel.

  • It would be easier to use Excel, PowerBI or some other method from Excel. A Macro could be written to update the spreadsheets.

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