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

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

Login to Access -> Select Excel worksheets -> Set Access tables -> Excel worksheets to Access tables

Choose Access and logon.

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

Select the “Excel” file type.

then show the wizard.

1. Open Excel file, select worksheets.

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

3. Set Access tables.

4. Show summary, set “Convert Rows”.

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

View imported data in Access table

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EXCEL → Access reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in EXCEL	in Access
Int	1234 (a real numeric cell)	Long Integer
Bigint	9007199254740993 (exact only while the cell stays text)	Long Integer
Decimal	1234.56 (numeric cell, format controls the displayed decimals)	Decimal
Float	1.234E+10 (numeric cell)	Double
Text	text cell; leading zeros survive only if the column is text	Text(n)
Long text	text cell; wraps inside the cell rather than the row	Long Text
Date	a serial number plus a date cell format	Date/Time
Datetime	a serial number plus a date-time cell format	Date/Time
Binary	not representable as data	OLE Object
Boolean	TRUE / FALSE (a real boolean cell)	Yes/No
JSON	a text cell; the quotes are part of the value	Long Text

Dialect differences

EXCEL is a file format and Access 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 Access
port	—	(file-based)
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...	Date/Time
long text	—	MEMO
binary	Only as text or an embedded object, not as a data column	OLE Object
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...	—

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