SSIS Excel Connection Manager failed to Connect to the Source

Question

I have a server that is capable of creating and running an Excel Import task using the Import Wizard. I am trying to automate that process by using a visual Studio 2010 Inte

Answer 1

It seems like the 32-bit version of Excel was not installed. Remember that SSDT is a 32-bit IDE. Therefore, when data is access from SSDT the 32-bit data providers are used. When running the package outside of SSDT it runs in 64-bit mode (not always, but mostly) and uses the 64-bit data providers.

Always keep in mind that if you want to run your package in 64-bit (which you should aim for) you will need both the 32-bit data providers (for development in SSDT) as well as the 64-bit data providers (for executing the package in production).

I downloaded the 32-bit access drivers from:

• Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable.

After installation, I could see the worksheets

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Source:

• Extracting Data From Excel with SSIS