ETL+ for MS Access

Installation Checklist

• Click here to fill out the DataSelf Analytics Deployment Form.

• Click here for ETL+ pre-installation.

Connecting to Microsoft Access

• If you haven’t installed ETL+ yet: ETL+ Deployment Instructions.

• Login to ETL+ (help here).

• Adding a new Access file: On ETL page’s left panel, click Add Source -> MS Access.

• Maintaining an Access source: On ETL page’s left panel, right-click the Access source → Properties.

• On the Microsoft Access page:

  • The Alias box will be automatically populated, but you can customize it.

  • File Path: Enter a local Access file or use Browse to find it.

  • Supported Access formats: MDB, ACCDB.

  • If applicable, enter the Password.

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    Click Connect.

• You’ll get back to the ETL page and see tables under the selected Access source on the left panel.

Mapping and Loading Tables

• To view tables available from an Access source on the left panel, right-click the Access source → Refresh.

• To map an Access table to the data warehouse, double-click its name on the left panel, or right-click on it → Add Table.

  • You’ll now see the table added/mapped to the center panel.

• To preview its data, right-click the table on the center panel → Preview.

• To load its data to the data warehouse, right-click the table on the center panel → Load Now.

• Click the Log icon (top right) to view data load results. Log page help here.

Schedule the Data Load

• On the ETL main page, click Job (top right icon on the center panel).

• The Job page usually comes pre-configured to your source system(s).

  • Overview this page’s configuration. On the right panel, feel free to uncheck tables and Tableau extracts that don’t apply to your reporting needs.

• Run a Job now (optional): click the Run Job (play icon) on the left panel.

• To schedule the data load (optional):

  • Select a Job → Job Properties (wrench icon) → configure the schedule panel → Save

• Click Close -> Close.

Testing

After ETL+ has loaded your Access files, this is to check if the data extraction process finished successfully and row count per extracted table matches with your Access tables.

Steps

• Login to ETL+ (help here).

• On the ETL main page, click the top-right Log icon. Log page help here.

• Scroll down on the log page and double-check that no table load failed, and the row count matches with the Access tables. Following is an example highlighting two tables and their loaded row count.