Adding a new data source to ETL+
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Add Source button on the ETL Source panel.
Example 1: ETL+ adding a Microsoft Excel Workbook data sources
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Click Add Source (+Cylinder icon) to add another data source
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Select the appropriate data source type – in this case MS Excel.
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Enter a name for the data source in Alias and the File Path to the Excel file.
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For Excel sources, the File Path is to the Excel file’s filename.
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The path can be a mapped drive or UNC path. After the path is correct, click on Connect.
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For Excel data sources, a table will display for every visible worksheet tab in the workbook.
For more about adding Excel workbooks, Excel sheets, tabs and files as data sources
see ETL+ for MS Excel
Example 2: ETL+ adding a CSV File data source
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For CSV & TXT sources, the path is to the folder containing the csv or txt file(s). Then click on Connect
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For CSV & TXT sources, the path is to the folder containing the csv or txt file(s)
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All the text files in the parent folder are added as ETL+ data source tables.
For more about adding .CSV files as data sources to ETL+ see ETL+ for CSV and Text Files
Example 3: ETL+ adding an oData source
ETL+ Data Sources (dataself.com)
ETL+ Source Types (dataself.com)
Example 4: ETL+ adding an ODBC data source
ETL+ Data Sources (dataself.com)
ETL+ Source Types (dataself.com)
Related Pages
All Supported Data Sources
ETL+ Source Drivers An overview of the types of data sources ETL+ can connect to.
ETL+ Data Source List Details about the various data source drivers supported by ETL+.
Excel Data Sources
ETL+ Issues Importing from Excel A Microsoft driver largely determines how Excel data is extracted.