Re: update iSeries data with Excel

[Evan Harris <auctionitis@xxxxxxxxx>]

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On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Jerry Draper <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have a need to update three fields in a file of 150 fields with Excel.
>
> I can open the file with Excel (via an ODBC data source) but I get all
> the fields.
>
> How can I just open the file with the three fields that need updating?
>
> 1.  Create an LF with just the three fields?
> 2.  Create some kind of qry inside of excel that selects just the fields
> I want?
>
> TIA,
>
> Jerry
>
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