Excel Get External data from Sql Server: Excel Column order rearranged

Question

I created a views on sql server with the following column order:

Below are orders of the column when I select the view vwTable

Shift_id | Client_ip | Machine_Center

but when I'm going to select the views using get external data from the excel:

SELECT * FROM vwTable

The order of the column on EXCEL is not the same, the output is:

Machine_Center | Client_ip | Shift_id

Screenshots:

from SSMS:

Select * from vwTable

from excel: get external data

Select * from vwTable

My problem is that the column order must be the same on views

Answer 1

Finally found the solution:

1. right click EXCEL column header

   • go to table => external table properties

   • Uncheck "Preserve column sort/filter/layout"

   • Refresh excel

2. right click EXCEL column header

   • go to table => external table properties

   • check "Preserve column sort/filter/layout"

   • Refresh excel

The order of the column in excel now were the same order in views

Answer 2

Why not just name them in your select?

Select Shift_id, Client_ip, Machine_Center from vwTable