While you can certainly copy and paste data from a network or Web-based external source into Excel, importing the data by connecting to it provides an added benefit. If the information in the primary ...

Stop relying on manual clicks and clunky code—let Excel refresh your queries automatically.

Data wonks, rejoice! Pivot tables now automatically refresh themselves in a new beta version of Microsoft Excel. You might expect that pivot tables—which can be used to summarize rows and columns of ...