Pipe SharePoint Excel Services Data to CSV in PowerShell

The CData Cmdlets Module for SharePoint Excel Services is a standard PowerShell module offering straightforward integration with SharePoint Excel Services. Below, you will find examples of using our ExcelServices Cmdlets with native PowerShell cmdlets.

Creating a Connection to Your SharePoint Excel Services Data

The URL, User, and Password properties, under the Authentication section, must be set to valid credentials for SharePoint Online, SharePoint 2010, or SharePoint 2013. Additionally, the Library property must be set to a valid SharePoint Document Library and the File property must be set to a valid .xlsx file in the indicated Library.

$conn = Connect-ExcelServices  -URL "$URL" -User "$User" -Password "$Password" -File "$File"

Selecting Data

Follow the steps below to retrieve data from the Account table and pipe the result into to a CSV file:

Select-ExcelServices -Connection $conn -Table Account | Select -Property * -ExcludeProperty Connection,Table,Columns | Export-Csv -Path c:\myAccountData.csv -NoTypeInformation

You will notice that we piped the results from Select-ExcelServices into a Select-Object cmdlet and excluded some properties before piping them into an Export-Csv cmdlet. We do this because the CData Cmdlets append Connection, Table, and Columns information onto each "row" in the result set, and we do not necessarily want that information in our CSV file.

Deleting Data

The following line deletes any records that match the criteria:

Select-ExcelServices -Connection $conn -Table Account -Where "Industry = Floppy Disks" | Remove-ExcelServices

Inserting and Updating Data

The cmdlets make data transformation easy as well as data cleansing. The following example loads data from a CSV file into SharePoint Excel Services, checking first whether a record already exists and needs to be updated instead of inserted.

Import-Csv -Path C:\MyAccountUpdates.csv | %{
  $record = Select-ExcelServices -Connection $ExcelServices -Table Account -Where ("Id = `'"+$_.Id+"`'")
  if($record){
    Update-ExcelServices -Connection $excelservices -Table Account -Columns ("Name","AnnualRevenue") -Values ($_.Name, $_.AnnualRevenue) -Where ("Id = `'"+$_.Id+"`'")
  }else{
    Add-ExcelServices -Connection $excelservices -Table Account -Columns ("Name","AnnualRevenue") -Values ($_.Name, $_.AnnualRevenue)
  }
}

As always, our goal is to simplify the way you connect to data. With cmdlets users can install a data module, set the connection properties, and start building. Download Cmdlets and start working with your data in PowerShell today!