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Export Access query result to Excel file using dynamic filename with date and time
Login to Access -> Enter Access SQL statement -> Set Excel filename template including date -> Export Access query to Excel using current date as file name
Choose Access and logon.
“Export From Query” for “Excel to Access“.
Select Excel file type.
1. Enter Access SQL query.
2. Set Excel file options. Enter filename template, including date, #yyyy# is for current year, #mm# month, #dd# day, #hh# hour, #mi# minute, #ss# second.
3. Preview Excel.
4. Export Access query results to Excel file. Dynamically created Excel file name using present system time.
After exporting, you can view output Excel files.
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Access → EXCEL reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Access | in EXCEL |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Long Integer | 1234 (a real numeric cell) |
| Bigint | Long Integer | 9007199254740993 (exact only while the cell stays text) |
| Decimal | Decimal | 1234.56 (numeric cell, format controls the displayed decimals) |
| Float | Double | 1.234E+10 (numeric cell) |
| Text | Text(n) | text cell; leading zeros survive only if the column is text |
| Long text | Long Text | text cell; wraps inside the cell rather than the row |
| Date | Date/Time | a serial number plus a date cell format |
| Datetime | Date/Time | a serial number plus a date-time cell format |
| Binary | OLE Object | not representable as data |
| Boolean | Yes/No | TRUE / FALSE (a real boolean cell) |
| JSON | Long Text | a text cell; the quotes are part of the value |
Dialect differences
Access is a database server and EXCEL is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference - the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.
| Property | in Access | in EXCEL |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | — |
| identifiers | [square brackets] | Not applicable; a cell holds exactly one value |
| row limit | SELECT TOP n | — |
| dates | Date/Time | Stored as a serial number; only the cell format makes it lo... |
| long text | MEMO | — |
| binary | OLE Object | Only as text or an embedded object, not as a data column |
| separator | — | Cells, not delimiters |
| encoding | — | UTF-8 internally, declared in the package |
| typing | — | Real cell types: text, number, date, boolean, error |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Multiple sheets, each a flat grid |
| ceiling | — | 1,048,576 rows x 16,384 columns per sheet; 255 sheets per w... |
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