Read only certain columns from xls

Question

I have an excel spreadsheet with several sheets. The format is as below:

Date        A       B       C       D       E       F                       Referenc         


        

Answer 1

Another option is to use is to use Excel named range with RODBC.

channel<-odbcConnectExcel(paste(Repository,excelFile, sep = "/"))
ConsoTab<-sqlFetch(channel,NamesRangeAF)
odbcClose(channel)

Here NamesRangeAF is your Excel named Range.