

You cannot export macros or modules to Excel.

For more information, see the Excel Help article Connect to (import) external data. You can use that command instead of the export command in Access however, the Excel import command only allows you to import tables or queries. Microsoft Excel includes a command to import data from an Access database. You can also export selected records in a multiple-record view, such as a datasheet. You can export a table, query, form, or report. To copy data to Excel, you must use the Export feature described in this article, or you can copy Access data to the clipboard and then paste it into an Excel spreadsheet. At regular intervals, you do the work of copying the data into Excel, but you want to automate this process to save yourself time.Īccess does not include a “Save As” command for the Excel format. You are a long-time user of Access, but your manager prefers to work with data in Excel. Your team currently exports data to Excel as and when they have to, but you want to make this process more efficient. You store the data in Access databases, but you use Excel to analyze the data and to distribute the results of your analysis. Your department or workgroup uses both Access and Excel to work with data. Common scenarios for exporting data to Excel If you copy data from Access to Excel frequently, you can save the details of an export operation for future use, and even schedule the export operation to run automatically at set intervals. When you export data to Excel, Access creates a copy of the selected data, and then stores the copied data in a file that can be opened in Excel. Troubleshoot missing and incorrect values

This article shows you how to prepare and export your data to Excel, and also gives you some troubleshooting tips for common problems that might occur. Using the Export Wizard, you can export data from an Access database to in a file format that can be read by Excel.
