About Devart ODBC Driver for Microsoft Excel

Reliable and simple to use data connector for Microsoft Excel.

Devart ODBC Driver for Microsoft Excel is a high-performance connectivity solution with enterprise-level features for accessing Microsoft Excel workbooks from ODBC-compliant reporting, analytics, BI, and ETL tools on both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows, macOS, and Linux. The ODBC driver fully supports standard ODBC API functions and data types and enables easy and secure access to live Microsoft Excel data from anywhere.

Features

  • Microsoft Excel data integration - Access Microsoft Excel data from BI platforms, analytics tools, ETL systems, and database applications using Devart ODBC Driver for Excel. This integration allows you to:
    • Query Excel sheets using SQL, including JOINs, filtering, grouping, and sorting.
    • Use Excel files as data sources without installing Microsoft Excel or other dependencies.
    • Read from and write to modern Excel formats (.xlsx, .xlsm) and legacy formats (.xls).
    • Automate integration workflows by treating Excel data as database tables in reporting and data pipelines.
  • Extended SQL syntax - The ODBC driver provides the opportunity to work with Microsoft Excel as if it were a SQL database. The extended SQL syntax supports SQL-92 compatible SELECT statements, allowing you to benefit from all the advantages of SQL for data querying and manipulation.
    • Complex JOINs.
    • WHERE conditions.
    • Subqueries.
    • GROUP statements.
    • Aggregation functions.
    • ORDER statements.
  • ODBC conformance - ODBC driver for Microsoft Excel provides full support for common ODBC interface:
    • ODBC API Functions support.
    • ODBC Data Types support.
    • In addition, support is provided for Advanced Connection String parameters, allowing any desktop and web applications to connect to Microsoft Excel from various environments and platforms that support ODBC.
  • DML Operations - Devart ODBC Driver for Microsoft Excel provides support for DML which allows you to modify data in Microsoft Excel the same way as in SQL databases:
    • INSERT.
    • UPDATE.
    • DELETE.
  • Advanced data conversion - Advanced Data Conversion mechanisms have been implemented that provide bi-directional mapping between any Microsoft Excel and ODBC data types.
  • High Performance - Every operation with Microsoft Excel becomes significantly faster using features such as local data caching, connection pooling, and much more.
  • Real-time data integration with 3rd party tools tools - Devart ODBC drivers are verified to be compatible with 250+ leading analytics and reporting tools, various IDEs, and programming languages. Get fast and secure access to your data in any application:
    • Database Management Software
      • SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
      • Microsoft Access
      • DBeaver
      • RazorSQL
      • and others
    • Business Intelligence & Analytics Software
      • Power BI
      • Tableau
      • QlikView
      • TIBCO Spotfire
      • and others
    • Document Management Software
      • Microsoft Excel
      • LibreOffice
      • OpenOffice
      • StarOffice
      • and others
    • Application Development Tools
      • Microsoft Visual Studio
      • Python, PHP
      • FileMaker
      • C++ Builder
      • and others