We’re excited to announce the latest enhancements and fixes in SQL Spreads to make your data management experience smoother and more secure. Here’s what’s new in SQL Spreads 7.4.1: Enhanced Tree Filters: Tree Filters have been improved and are now shown only for individual Excel sheets, and changes in a Tree Filter only refresh the …
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SQL Spreads release 7.4.1
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Use Case: How to build a KPI Excel template with SQL Server
Andy McDonald - Mar 06, 2024In this article, we’re going to show you how to build a KPI Excel template using SQL Server and an Excel Add-In. Many organizations collect performance metrics related to aspects of their business and then use KPIs to measure and track performance against targets. However, the process of collecting the data is often a manual …
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Temporal Tables and how to use them in SQL Server
Andy McDonald - Feb 01, 2024If you want to keep track of when changes were made to your data, or see how data changes over time, you need to start using temporal tables in SQL Server. Microsoft introduced this great feature in the 2016 version of SQL Server, but is still relatively unknown. In this article, we’re going to take …
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SQL Spreads release 7.3.0
Johannes Åkesson - Jan 31, 2024SQL Spreads 7.3.0 is now available for download. Enhanced SharePoint integration for SQL Spreads documents by implementing document locking for Editors. In the SQL Spreads Designer, the database and table filters are now displayed by default in the Database tab. Optimized connectivity with Azure Data Warehouse/Azure Synapse. Refined the introductory dialogues for a more intuitive …
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SQL Spreads release 7.2.5
Johannes Åkesson - Nov 10, 2023SQL Spreads 7.2.5 is now available for download. Fixed issue with the new Show intro button being shown in Data Editor mode. Download the latest version of SQL Spreads »
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SQL Spreads release 7.2.4
Johannes Åkesson - Nov 08, 2023SQL Spreads 7.2.4 is now available for download. Improved the Intro dialogs shown during the first start of the trial. Added a button in the SQL Spreads tab to show the Intro again. Minor bug fixes. Download the latest version of SQL Spreads »
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Alternative to Microsoft Access: SQL Server + Excel
Andy McDonald - Oct 12, 2023In this article we’re going to look at why you might consider an alternative to a Microsoft Access database for your organization, or specific project. As we’ll see, Access has some limitations that can become a problem eventually. A simple solution is to use a combination of SQL Server and Excel, with the SQL Spreads …
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SQL Spreads release 7.2.0
Johannes Åkesson - Aug 28, 2023SQL Spreads 7.2.0 is now available for download. Added a new intro dialog with info about the trial. Added a check if Excel is running before installation, and auto-restart of Excel after the installation. Added a lock to prevent a user with a Data Editor license to install and use the SQL Spreads trial in …
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How to copy a table in SQL Server
Andy McDonald - Jul 18, 2023In this article we’re going to show you a quick and easy way to copy a table in SQL Server. The new Copy SQL Server Table feature in SQL Spreads means that you can copy a table from one database to another in just a few clicks from within Excel. Introduction Although it’s not something …
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SQL Spreads release 7.1.2
Johannes Åkesson - Jul 14, 2023SQL Spreads 7.1.2 is now available for download. In this new release we are introducing the new SQL Server tools which allows you to do more SQL Server operations from within Excel. The SQL Server tools contains these three features: The Table Creator – to create SQL Server tables based on data in Excel. The …
