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rehanabbasi
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7 years ago

Importing Data in Excel from Dropbox

 I have an excel file on Dropbox. I want to import the data from this file to another excel file (which I want to share to others) via Get External Data - From Web feature. But whenever insert the li...
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Hi there, most likely this won’t work as expected, since the Excel files are online, how would this translate to a file when it’s synced to your local machine?
 
 
Then you can use that shared link as the import URL in the other Excel document.
 
However, I can’t guarantee if this will work as expected, if at all.
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rehanabbasi
Explorer | Level 3
7 years ago

@Jay

I already tried raw=1 procedure but it tries to directly download the file instead of opening it and letting me select the table.

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    7 years ago

    If that’s the case, then it won’t be possible to import the Excel file into the other Excel file.

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      rehanabbasi
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      7 years ago

      After some it and trial, I was able to import the data but it is not updating in the new file when I make changes in the Dropbox file.

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        7 years ago
        Are you saving changes to the Dropbox file directly? Is your link to that file ‘live’ (meaning a shared link, and not simply a downloaded file)?
         
        Likewise, how frequently does the second Excel sheet update itself to verify the info imported from the first sheet? Is it automatic, every minute or so, or do you need to have it check manually? This is more of an Excel setting though, instead of Dropbox.

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