Saving worksheet as CSV after pulling data from an external data source

[Richard Edwards]

All,

I am trying to load an Excel workbook. Have that workbook update from an
external datasource (oracle). Then save as a CSV.

I have tried putting code in the "on workbook open" but code is run before
the data is refreshed. The data is set to auto-refresh on startup

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thank you.

Richard

 

[Bernie Deitrick]

Richard,

Use the Application.Ontime method to schedule an second macro (one that does
the worksheet export) a short time after the workbook opens, to give the
data pull time to finish.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP

 

[Earl Kiosterud]

Richard,

Try this. Turn off Refresh on Open. In your code, do the refresh,
something like:

Range(OracleDataRange).QueryTable.Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False

Then save do the Save as CSV.

 

[Tom Ogilvy]

In the definition of your query table, don't allow it to do a background
refresh.

 

[Earl Kiosterud]

Tom,

I had to do a query refresh in code a while back, in Workbook_open, I'm
pretty sure. It was Excel 2000. The Refresh On Open didn't happen until
the Workbook_Open had run, so I did it in code.