trying to copy an Access 2003 pivot table to excel or word .... or something

[Jerome Ranch]

Okay
So I've got pivot tables setup in Access 2003.
Only about 30K records in the current 2005 databases...the pivots
summarize the info in a number of nice ways.

I need to get the pivot tables into a document so I can distribute the
tables, as is, as an electronic report (without the detailed data)
So I export to rtf and xls, and I get an error that there is a too
much information. I don't want all the data, just the summary table!

Prining to a pdf works nice, but then I have headaches trying to
manipulate that format.

The only thing that I can get to work is to highlight and individualy
copy the rows, columns, and data area and paste into excel.
There has to be a better way

Thanks
Jerry

[Tom van Stiphout]

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:11:52 GMT, Jerome Ranch <ra*****@mchsi.com>
wrote:

Try this when you have run the query:
tools > office links > analyze with Excel

-Tom.

Okay
So I've got pivot tables setup in Access 2003.
Only about 30K records in the current 2005 databases...the pivots
summarize the info in a number of nice ways.

I need to get the pivot tables into a document so I can distribute the
tables, as is, as an electronic report (without the detailed data)
So I export to rtf and xls, and I get an error that there is a too
much information. I don't want all the data, just the summary table!

Prining to a pdf works nice, but then I have headaches trying to
manipulate that format.

The only thing that I can get to work is to highlight and individualy
copy the rows, columns, and data area and paste into excel.
There has to be a better way

Thanks
Jerry

[Jerome Ranch]

Thats what I've been doing, Tom - but I don't get the pivot table.
I get a spreadsheet with ALL the raw (database) data, and its too many
tows for excel to handle
Jerry
On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 09:52:15 -0700, Tom van Stiphout
<no*************@cox.net> wrote:

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:11:52 GMT, Jerome Ranch <ra*****@mchsi.com>
wrote:

Try this when you have run the query:
tools > office links > analyze with Excel

-Tom.

Okay
So I've got pivot tables setup in Access 2003.
Only about 30K records in the current 2005 databases...the pivots
summarize the info in a number of nice ways.

I need to get the pivot tables into a document so I can distribute the
tables, as is, as an electronic report (without the detailed data)
So I export to rtf and xls, and I get an error that there is a too
much information. I don't want all the data, just the summary table!

Prining to a pdf works nice, but then I have headaches trying to
manipulate that format.

The only thing that I can get to work is to highlight and individualy
copy the rows, columns, and data area and paste into excel.
There has to be a better way

Thanks
Jerry

[Tom van Stiphout]

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:27:29 GMT, Jerome Ranch <ra*****@mchsi.com>
wrote:

I don't understand. Access can only create queries that output at most
255 columns (I may be off by 1 or 2). Excel can accept 255 cols *
65000 rows. If your query fits those maximums, there should be no
reason you couldn't output to Excel.
Perhaps you have left out a step or two in your description, or I am
too dense to see it...

-Tom.

Thats what I've been doing, Tom - but I don't get the pivot table.
I get a spreadsheet with ALL the raw (database) data, and its too many
tows for excel to handle
Jerry
On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 09:52:15 -0700, Tom van Stiphout
<no*************@cox.net> wrote:

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:11:52 GMT, Jerome Ranch <ra*****@mchsi.com>
wrote:

Try this when you have run the query:
tools > office links > analyze with Excel

-Tom.

Okay
So I've got pivot tables setup in Access 2003.
Only about 30K records in the current 2005 databases...the pivots
summarize the info in a number of nice ways.

I need to get the pivot tables into a document so I can distribute the
tables, as is, as an electronic report (without the detailed data)
So I export to rtf and xls, and I get an error that there is a too
much information. I don't want all the data, just the summary table!

Prining to a pdf works nice, but then I have headaches trying to
manipulate that format.

The only thing that I can get to work is to highlight and individualy
copy the rows, columns, and data area and paste into excel.
There has to be a better way

Thanks
Jerry

[Jerome Ranch]

Tom

I am mystified too

I Access 97 this functionality worked fine..I could export just the
pivot table (I used it all the time).

The pivots I have are small (10 rows by 4-7 columns)

With Access 2003, when I am in PT view and export, or publish it with
excel, or analyze with with excel, I get an error message that says
I'm trying to export too many rows and that it has exceed the 65000
row limit..please go back and limit what you're tryig to export

Jerry


On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 22:05:26 -0700, Tom van Stiphout
<no*************@cox.net> wrote:

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:27:29 GMT, Jerome Ranch <ra*****@mchsi.com>
wrote:

I don't understand. Access can only create queries that output at most
255 columns (I may be off by 1 or 2). Excel can accept 255 cols *
65000 rows. If your query fits those maximums, there should be no
reason you couldn't output to Excel.
Perhaps you have left out a step or two in your description, or I am
too dense to see it...

-Tom.

Thats what I've been doing, Tom - but I don't get the pivot table.
I get a spreadsheet with ALL the raw (database) data, and its too many
tows for excel to handle
Jerry
On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 09:52:15 -0700, Tom van Stiphout
<no*************@cox.net> wrote:

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:11:52 GMT, Jerome Ranch <ra*****@mchsi.com>
wrote:

Try this when you have run the query:
tools > office links > analyze with Excel

-Tom.
Okay
So I've got pivot tables setup in Access 2003.
Only about 30K records in the current 2005 databases...the pivots
summarize the info in a number of nice ways.

I need to get the pivot tables into a document so I can distribute the
tables, as is, as an electronic report (without the detailed data)
So I export to rtf and xls, and I get an error that there is a too
much information. I don't want all the data, just the summary table!

Prining to a pdf works nice, but then I have headaches trying to
manipulate that format.

The only thing that I can get to work is to highlight and individualy
copy the rows, columns, and data area and paste into excel.
There has to be a better way

Thanks
Jerry

[Tom van Stiphout]

On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 12:33:16 GMT, Jerome Ranch <ra*****@mchsi.com>
wrote:

You could turn your query into a make-table query, and export from it.
-Tom.

Tom

I am mystified too

I Access 97 this functionality worked fine..I could export just the
pivot table (I used it all the time).

The pivots I have are small (10 rows by 4-7 columns)

With Access 2003, when I am in PT view and export, or publish it with
excel, or analyze with with excel, I get an error message that says
I'm trying to export too many rows and that it has exceed the 65000
row limit..please go back and limit what you're tryig to export

Jerry


On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 22:05:26 -0700, Tom van Stiphout
<no*************@cox.net> wrote:

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:27:29 GMT, Jerome Ranch <ra*****@mchsi.com>
wrote:

I don't understand. Access can only create queries that output at most
255 columns (I may be off by 1 or 2). Excel can accept 255 cols *
65000 rows. If your query fits those maximums, there should be no
reason you couldn't output to Excel.
Perhaps you have left out a step or two in your description, or I am
too dense to see it...

-Tom.

Thats what I've been doing, Tom - but I don't get the pivot table.
I get a spreadsheet with ALL the raw (database) data, and its too many
tows for excel to handle
Jerry
On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 09:52:15 -0700, Tom van Stiphout
<no*************@cox.net> wrote:

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:11:52 GMT, Jerome Ranch <ra*****@mchsi.com>
wrote:

Try this when you have run the query:
tools > office links > analyze with Excel

-Tom.
>Okay
>So I've got pivot tables setup in Access 2003.
>Only about 30K records in the current 2005 databases...the pivots
>summarize the info in a number of nice ways.
>
>I need to get the pivot tables into a document so I can distribute the
>tables, as is, as an electronic report (without the detailed data)
>So I export to rtf and xls, and I get an error that there is a too
>much information. I don't want all the data, just the summary table!
>
>Prining to a pdf works nice, but then I have headaches trying to
>manipulate that format.
>
>The only thing that I can get to work is to highlight and individualy
>copy the rows, columns, and data area and paste into excel.
>
>
>There has to be a better way
>
>Thanks
>Jerry

[David W. Fenton]

Tom van Stiphout <no*************@cox.net> wrote in
news:2a********************************@4ax.com:

You could turn your query into a make-table query, and export from
it.

Would a plain old Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, switch to Excel and Ctrl-V not
work?

--
David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/
usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/

[Jerome Ranch]

Duh
I thought I tried that and it didn't work
so I tried it again
and this time, it worked..several times (just to be sure)
but any nice formatting one might have done goes bye bye

I'm ashamed to post the result
duh duh duh

this functionality needs to be reworked
also, my functionality needs a serious upgrade as well

Thanks
Jerry

On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 14:25:50 -0600, "David W. Fenton"
<XX*******@dfenton.com.invalid> wrote:

Tom van Stiphout <no*************@cox.net> wrote in
news:2a********************************@4ax.com :

You could turn your query into a make-table query, and export from
it.

Would a plain old Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, switch to Excel and Ctrl-V not
work?

[David W. Fenton]

Jerome Ranch <ra*****@mchsi.com> wrote in
news:f9********************************@4ax.com:

On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 14:25:50 -0600, "David W. Fenton"
<XX*******@dfenton.com.invalid> wrote:

Tom van Stiphout <no*************@cox.net> wrote in
news:2a********************************@4ax.co m:

You could turn your query into a make-table query, and export
from it.

Would a plain old Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, switch to Excel and Ctrl-V not
work?

Duh
I thought I tried that and it didn't work
so I tried it again
and this time, it worked..several times (just to be sure)
but any nice formatting one might have done goes bye bye

I'm ashamed to post the result
duh duh duh

this functionality needs to be reworked
also, my functionality needs a serious upgrade as well

I call this the "is-it-plugged-in?" scenario.

I once wasted 2 hours at a client's, trying to set up a DSL router,
and couldn't get it to work. When I finally got around to checking,
I realized the network cable was simply not firmly seated in the
jack.

So, I always make a point of going through these kinds of elementary
yet still fundamental troubleshooting tasks as a matter of course.
But I try to be gentle about it, since I'm as prone to making this
kind of error as anyone else.

--
David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/
usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/