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barnabeck
Posting Yak Master
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Posted - 2015-02-26 : 11:08:59
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I know that this is an Excel question, but I guess it is much more likely that an SQL person using dynamic pivot tables had stepped on this, rather than any advanced Excel user.I am exporting a dynamic pivot table to Excel through a Stored Procedure. If the Stored Procedure that executes the dynamic pivot table returns 7 columns in one run, and 4 columns in the following update, then I have 3 orphaned columns that are still displayed in the spreadsheet. There isn't any content related to them, but the empty columns with their headers are bothering enough.I've been trying to play with the data connection properties, but nothing deletes unused columns from former data executions.Anyone knows how to achieve this?Martin |
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barnabeck
Posting Yak Master
236 Posts |
Posted - 2015-03-02 : 05:18:22
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I finally managed to get the Data updates correctly by configuring the External Data Properties in the following wayData formatting and layout:(checked) - Preserve column sort/filter/layout(checked) - Preserve cell formattingIf the number of rows in the data range changes upon refresh(checked) - Overwrite existing cells with new data, clear unused cellsthe rest is unchecked and works correctly for changes in the amount of columns on refresh |
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