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Export data from Redshift tables to Excel files
Login to Redshift -> Select Redshift tables -> Set Excel file options -> Export Redshift to Excel files
Choose Redshift and logon.
Click “Export All Tables” at task dialog.
Select Excel file type.
then show the Export Tables form.
1. Select Redshift tables to export.
2. Enter target Excel files folder.
3. List Redshift tables to be exported.
4. Set rows options.
5. Export Redshift tables to Excel.
After exporting, you can view output Excel files.
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See also:
- Export Redshift table to Excel
- Export Redshift query results to Excel
- Export multiple similar Redshift tables to a single Excel sheet
Redshift → EXCEL reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Redshift | in EXCEL |
|---|---|---|
| Int | integer | 1234 (a real numeric cell) |
| Bigint | bigint | 9007199254740993 (exact only while the cell stays text) |
| Decimal | numeric(p,s) | 1234.56 (numeric cell, format controls the displayed decimals) |
| Float | double precision | 1.234E+10 (numeric cell) |
| Text | varchar(n) | text cell; leading zeros survive only if the column is text |
| Long text | varchar(max) | text cell; wraps inside the cell rather than the row |
| Date | date | a serial number plus a date cell format |
| Datetime | timestamp | a serial number plus a date-time cell format |
| Binary | (none) | not representable as data |
| Boolean | boolean | TRUE / FALSE (a real boolean cell) |
| JSON | super | a text cell; the quotes are part of the value |
Dialect differences
Redshift 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 Redshift | in EXCEL |
|---|---|---|
| port | 5439 | — |
| identifiers | "double quotes" | Not applicable; a cell holds exactly one value |
| row limit | LIMIT n | — |
| dates | timestamp, date | Stored as a serial number; only the cell format makes it lo... |
| long text | VARCHAR(MAX) | — |
| binary | — | 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... |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Redshift | UNLOAD to S3 |
| Redshift (load) | COPY from S3 |
No counterpart
- EXCEL has no equivalent for Binary - it has to be flattened or dropped.
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