Import each sheet in an Excel file to a separate Azure table

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Import data from each sheet in an Excel file to a separate Azure table

import data from each sheet in an Excel file to a separate Azure table - Choose Azure and logon

Click “Wizard – 1 File To N Tables” at task dialog.

import data from each sheet in an Excel file to a separate Azure table - task window

Select the “Excel” file type.

load each sheet in an Excel file to a separate Azure table - select file type

then show the wizard.

1. Open Excel file, select worksheets.

import data from each sheet in an Excel file to a separate Azure table - select worksheets

2. Show existing Azure tables, choose “Import Type”.

import data from each sheet in an Excel file to a separate Azure table - choose import type

3. Set Azure tables.

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4. Show summary, set “Convert Rows”.

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5. Import data from each sheet in an Excel file to a separate Azure table.

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View imported data in Azure table

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EXCEL → Azure SQL reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in EXCEL	in Azure SQL
Int	`1234 (a real numeric cell)`	`int`
Bigint	`9007199254740993 (exact only while the cell stays text)`	`bigint`
Decimal	`1234.56 (numeric cell, format controls the displayed decimals)`	`decimal(p,s)`
Float	`1.234E+10 (numeric cell)`	`float`
Text	`text cell; leading zeros survive only if the column is text`	`nvarchar(n)`
Long text	`text cell; wraps inside the cell rather than the row`	`nvarchar(max)`
Date	`a serial number plus a date cell format`	`date`
Datetime	`a serial number plus a date-time cell format`	`datetime2`
Binary	`not representable as data`	`varbinary(max)`
Boolean	`TRUE / FALSE (a real boolean cell)`	`bit`
JSON	`a text cell; the quotes are part of the value`	`nvarchar(max)`

Dialect differences

EXCEL is a file format and Azure SQL is a database server, so the target has to be told the types the file never carried – the rows below are where the two sides diverge.

Property	in EXCEL	in Azure SQL
port	`—`	`1433`
identifiers	`Not applicable; a cell holds exactly one value`	`[square brackets]`
row limit	`—`	`SELECT TOP n`
dates	`Stored as a serial number; only the cell format makes it lo...`	`datetime2, date, time`
long text	`—`	`nvarchar(max)`
binary	`Only as text or an embedded object, not as a data column`	`varbinary(max)`
separator	`Cells, not delimiters`	`—`
encoding	`UTF-8 internally, declared in the package`	`—`
typing	`Real cell types: text, number, date, boolean, error`	`—`
shape	`Multiple sheets, each a flat grid`	`Tables of rows and columns`
ceiling	`1,048,576 rows x 16,384 columns per sheet; 255 sheets per w...`	`—`

Command line

Side	Command
Azure SQL	`bcp`
Azure SQL (load)	`bcp, or BULK INSERT`

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