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Connecting Excel with Snowflake

Written by Matt Harris

To connect Excel with Snowflake, follow these steps:

  1. In the Windows search bar on your desktop, search for "ODBC".
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  2. Open "ODBC Data Sources".
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  3. Click "Add".
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  4. Choose "SnowflakeDSIIDriver", click "Finish".
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  5. Choose any alias for "Data Source".
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  6. Enter info from your Snowflake account as "Server" as follows:
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    “[organization ID]-[account name].snowflakecomputing.com”
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  7. You can get your organization ID and account name by hovering over your profile and then the account in Snowflake.
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  8. Enter database, warehouse, role (e.g., ACCOUNTADMIN), user, and password either in the configuration or when in Excel.
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  9. Click "OK" to finish.
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  10. Open Excel, click on the Data tab, click "Get Data", "From Other Sources", "From ODBC".
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  11. Choose "Snowflake" connection.
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  12. Enter the remaining details and click "Connect".
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  13. You can now choose from all the tables being shared in Snowflake to bring in as a table or pivot table.

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