Access - Link To An Excel Spreadsheet With DAO

This macro links to an Excel spreadsheet with DAO.

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1 Open MS Access.

2 Create a blank database.

3 Go to Database Tools tab > click on "Visual Basic" button or hit Alt + F11.

4 Go to Insert tab > click on "Module" or hit M.

5 Copy the VBA code from below.

6 Paste the code in the newly created module.

7 Go to Run tab > click on "Run Sub/UserForm" or hit F5.

8 That's it!

! Please notice that the data cannot be edited from within the access database.

Mock data kindly provided by Mockaroo.

Code

Option Compare Database

'==========================================
' Link To Excel Spreadsheet With DAO
'==========================================
Sub linkToExcelDAO()
    ' Set variables
    Dim db As Database
    Dim tbl As TableDef
    ' Set database
    Set db = CurrentDb
    ' Set table
    Set tbl = db.CreateTableDef("tblCustomersExcel")
    ' Connect to excel sheet
    tbl.Connect = "Excel 12.0;DATABASE=F:\VBAmacros\Access\MOCK_DATA.xlsx"
    ' Set source sheet
    tbl.SourceTableName = "data$"
    ' Append table
    db.TableDefs.Append tbl
End Sub