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      <h1>Third Party Applications</h1>
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      <p><a href="#external">Get External Data</a></p>
      <p><a href="#multi">Multiple Tables</a></p>
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      <h2>MS Excel</h2>
      <p>Microsoft Excel is an excellent analysis tool that can be used to create 
        charts, pivot tables, and more, using data retrieved from any Omnidex 
        enhanced database.</p>
      <p>Excel uses Microsoft Query behind the scenes to create a query and return 
        the data to Excel for analysis.</p>
      <p>Please see the <a href="../Third%20Party%20Applications.htm#prereq">Prerequisites</a> 
        before beginning.</p>
      <p><img src="../../../images/note.gif" width="12" height="15">This discussion 
        is not intended to teach MS Excel.</p>
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      <h3><a name="external" id="external"></a>Get External Data</h3>
<p>To begin, run Microsoft Excel and open the Excel speadsheet 
                    that you will import the data into. This can be a new spreadsheet 
                    or an existing one.</p>
                  
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        <li>In the menu bar, select Data, Import External Data (Get External Data 
          in Excel 2000 or older), and New Database Query. <a href="getexternal.gif" target="showme"><img src="../../../images/showme.gif" alt="Show Me" width="71" height="18" border="0"></a></li>
        <li>A <a href="datasource.gif" target="showme">Choose Data Source</a> 
          dialog appears. The data sources displayed may vary, depending on the 
          version of Microsoft Office installed. If the data source you want to 
          connect to is a file data source and you don't see it displayed in the 
          list, click Browse to locate it. Select the Omnidex data source that 
          you wish to connect to and click OK.</li>
        <li>A connection is made and a list of <a href="columns1.gif">available 
          tables</a> is displayed. To <a href="columns2.gif" target="showme">select 
          the columns</a> that will be returned in the query, expand a table by 
          clicking the +, then double click the column name or click the greater 
          than ( &gt; ) sign to select an individual column, or click the double 
          greater than ( &gt;&gt; ) sign to select all columns in the selected 
          table. When finished selecting all of the desired columns, click Next.</li>
        <li>The Filter Data dialog is displayed. In this dialog, you can apply 
          criteria to any of the columns selected in the previous step. Click 
          on a column in the list at the left, then select a comparison operator 
          from the drop down list in the center, then enter the criteria value 
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          column</a>, repeat this process. When finished adding criteria, click 
          Next.</li>
        <li>The <a href="sort.gif" target="showme">Sort Order dialog</a> is displayed. 
          If desired, select the column or columns to sort by in the drop down 
          list to the left and click Next.</li>
        <li>The <a href="return.gif" target="showme">next dialog</a> asks where 
          to return the data to. Select the first option, Return Data to Microsoft 
          Office Excel and click Finish.</li>
        <li>The <a href="importdata.gif" target="showme">last dialog</a> asks 
          where in Excel should the data be placed. The default is to start in 
          cell A1 in the current worksheet. Change this location if desired then 
          click OK.</li>
        <li>The data is then <a href="data.gif" target="showme">placed into the 
          spreadsheet</a> starting in the location indicated in the previous step. 
          This is a copy of the data, therefore, any changes to the data will 
          not affect the original data. </li>
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      <P>You may now manipulate the data using any of Excel's functions and abilitites.</P>
      <P><img src="../../../images/note.gif" width="12" height="15">Changes to 
        the data in Excel will not be reflected in the underlying database. </P>
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      <h3><a name="multi" id="multi"></a>Multiple Tables</h3>
      <p>If you would like to retrieve columns from multiple tables in the same 
        query, you must first create and save the query in Microsoft Query with 
        the tables joined. Excel does not have the ability to join the tables 
        for you.</p>
      <p>Then, in Excel, select Data \ Import External Data \ Import Data from 
        the menu. Browse to find the saved query, it should have a .dqy file extension, 
        and click Open.</p>
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