1. 1 Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. by Mary Anne Poatsy, Keith Mulbery, Jason Davidson Chapter 10 Imports, Web Queries, and XML

2. Import data from external sources Create a Web query Manage connections Convert text to columns Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 2

3. Manipulate text with functions Use Flash Fill Understand XML syntax Import XML data into Excel Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 3

4. Importing—inserting external data into current application – Embedded files Edited in Excel Changes not reflected in source – Linked files Changes made in source Refresh required to update Excel data 4 Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall.

5. Most common imported file types: – Text files – Access database files Text files – Have.txt file extension – Contain characters: letters, numbers, and symbols – Data delimited by special characters 5 Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall.

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12. Linked data: – Data on a Web page or external database can change – Changes are not reflected in Excel – Connections should be periodically refreshed Click Refresh All in the Connections group Click the Refresh All arrow in the Connections group Right-click in a range of data and select Refresh 12 Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall.

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14. Imported text may not be structured correctly 14 Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall.

15. Excel text functions: – CONCATENATE =CONCATENATE(text1,text2) 15 Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall.

16. Excel text functions: – PROPER =PROPER(text) – UPPER =UPPER(text) – LOWER =LOWER(text) 16 Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall.

17. Excel text functions: – SUBSTITUTE =SUBSTITUTE(text,old_text,new_text, instance_num) – TRIM =TRIM(text) – LEFT or RIGHT =LEFT(text,num_chars) or =RIGHT(text,Num_chars) – MID =MID(text,start_num,num_chars) 17 Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall.

18. 18 Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Flash Fill – Enter data in 1 or 2 cells to establish a pattern – Excel completes the data entry – Can be used generate new columns

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20. eXtensible Markup Language (XML) – Developed by World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) – Standardized file format for exchanging data across Applications Operating systems Hardware – Uses tags 20 Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall.

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24. External data imported into Excel – Embedded Changes made directly in Excel – Linked (connected) Changes in source are not reflected in Excel Data link must be refreshed Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 24

25. External data file sources – Text files Web queries CSV XML – Text functions Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 25

26. External data file sources – Access databases Tables Queries Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. 26

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