Messing around with Microsoft Query (ODBC data via Excel)

See previous guide on Simple ODBC use in Excel first

To edit what data to display (i.e. put filters on it etc) right click in the data area, move down to the Table option and select Edit Query

I tend to cancel the Choose box, press Yes on the prompt screen to go straight to Microsoft Query.

This is the main guts of adding / selecting data

When you are finished working in this screen simply ‘shut the door’

To add some Criteria / filter the data

Select View from the top menu then select ‘Criteria’.

The Criteria section will then appear

For example filter the data on a date field between 2 variables (‘from’ and ‘to’).

Nb when you ‘close the door’ / Return data excel will prompt you asking for where the variables are

It is also possible to ask that the data is refreshed if this value is changed

A simple way to filter data is to double click on the value field, once you have selected the Criteria field you want to apple the filter to.

You then have options, such as equal to, greater than, begins with etc.

You can even click on the Values button to see what values are selectable from the data