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7-10 Oracle® Fusion Middleware Connectivity and Knowledge Modules Guide for Oracle Data Integrator 8 Microsoft Excel 8-1 8 Microsoft Excel This chapter describes how to work with Microsoft Excel in Oracle Data Integrator. This chapter includes the following sections: ■ Section 8.1, Introduction ■ Section 8.2, Installation and Configuration ■ Section 8.3, Setting up the Topology ■ Section 8.4, Setting Up an Integration Project ■ Section 8.5, Creating and Reverse-Engineering a Microsoft Excel Model ■ Section 8.6, Designing an Interface ■ Section 8.7, Troubleshooting

8.1 Introduction

Oracle Data Integrator ODI integrates data stored into Microsoft Excel workbooks. It allows reverse-engineering as well as read and write operations on spreadsheets. Oracle Data Integrator uses Open Database Connectivity ODBC to connect to a Microsoft Excel data server. See Section 8.2.3, Connectivity Requirements for more details.

8.1.1 Concepts

A Microsoft Excel data server corresponds to one Microsoft Excel workbook .xls file that is accessible through your local network. A single physical schema is created under this data server. Within this schema, a spreadsheet or a given named zone of the workbook appears as a datastore in Oracle Data Integrator.

8.1.2 Knowledge Modules

Oracle Data Integrator provides no Knowledge Module KM specific to the Microsoft Excel technology. You can use the generic SQL KMs to perform the data integration and transformation operations of Microsoft Excel data. See Chapter 4, Generic SQL for more information. 8-2 Oracle® Fusion Middleware Connectivity and Knowledge Modules Guide for Oracle Data Integrator

8.2 Installation and Configuration

Make sure you have read the information in this section before you start using the Microsoft Excel Knowledge Module: ■ System Requirements and Certifications ■ Technology Specific Requirements ■ Connectivity Requirements

8.2.1 System Requirements and Certifications

Before performing any installation you should read the system requirements and certification documentation to ensure that your environment meets the minimum installation requirements for the products you are installing. The list of supported platforms and versions is available on Oracle Technical Network OTN: http:www.oracle.comtechnologyproductsoracle-data-integrator index.html .

8.2.2 Technology Specific Requirements

There are no technology-specific requirements for using Microsoft Excel files in Oracle Data Integrator.

8.2.3 Connectivity Requirements

This section lists the requirements for connecting to a Microsoft Excel workbook. To be able to access Microsoft Excel data, you need to: ■ Install the Microsoft Excel ODBC Driver ■ Declare a Microsoft Excel ODBC Data Source Install the Microsoft Excel ODBC Driver Microsoft Excel workbooks can only be accessed through ODBC connectivity. The ODBC Driver for Excel must be installed on your system. Note: Excel technology cannot be used as the staging area, does not support incremental update or flowstatic check. As a consequence, the following KMs will not work with the Excel technology: ■ RKM SQL JYTHON ■ LKM File to SQL ■ CKM SQL ■ IKM SQL Incremental Update ■ IKM SQL Control Append ■ LKM SQL to SQL JYTHON