OL98: Importing from Microsoft Excel Requires Named Range (180315)
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This article was previously published under Q180315 SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Outlook 98, when you try to import Calendar, Contact, or Task
information from Microsoft Excel, you may receive one of the following
messages:
An error has occurred in the Microsoft Excel translator while getting
the contents of a file system.
The Microsoft Excel file '<Drive\Directory\Filename>' has no named
ranges. Use Microsoft Excel to name the range of data you want to
import.
An ODBC error has occurred in Microsoft Excel translator while opening a
file to build a field map. Microsoft ODBC Excel driver: too many fields
defined.
CAUSE
The information you are trying to import is not contained within a named
range in the Microsoft Excel file. Or the range name used is the same as
one of the column header names in the range.
RESOLUTION
To successfully import information using a Microsoft Excel file, define a
named range in your Microsoft Excel worksheet. The name assigned to the
range should not be the same as one of the column header names.
To Define a Named Range
To define a named range in Microsoft Excel, follow these steps:
- In your Microsoft Excel worksheet, select the rows and columns that
contain the information that you want to import.
- On the Insert menu, point to Name, and then click Define.
- In the Names In Workbook box, type a name (the name may not contain
spaces nor should it be the same as one of the column header names) for
the range that you specified, and then click Add.
- Click OK, and on the File menu, click Save.
- Save and quit the workbook.
MORE INFORMATION
Outlook uses the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) method when importing
information. When you import a file from Microsoft Excel, ODBC requires
that the information be contained within a named range in the Microsoft
Excel file. Using the range naming procedure above, the range name may
default to a field name in the selected range. This name should be
changed to a non-column header name.
An alternative method is to save the information from Excel using the comma separated value (CSV) format and then import the CSV file into Outlook. This method does not require using name ranges in Excel.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 1/4/2000 |
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| Keywords: | kbprb KB180315 |
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