Excel CSV. file with more than 1,048,576 rows of data

Question

I have been given a CSV file with more than the MAX Excel can handle, and I really need to be able to see all the data. I understand and have tried the method of \"splitting

Answer 1

The best way to handle this (with ease and no additional software) is with Excel - but using Powerpivot (which has MSFT Power Query embedded). Simply create a new Power Pivot data model that attaches to your large csv or text file. You will then be able to import multi-million rows into memory using the embedded X-Velocity (in-memory compression) engine. The Excel sheet limit is not applicable - as the X-Velocity engine puts everything up in RAM in compressed form. I have loaded 15 million rows and filtered at will using this technique. Hope this helps someone... - Jaycee

Answer 2

Use MS Access. I have a file of 2,673,404 records. It will not open in notepad++ and excel will not load more than 1,048,576 records. It is tab delimited since I exported the data from a mysql database and I need it in csv format. So I imported it into Access. Change the file extension to .txt so MS Access will take you through the import wizard.

MS Access will link to your file so for the database to stay intact keep the csv file

Answer 3

"DO I need to ask for a file in an SQL database format?" YES!!!

Use a database, is the best option for this problem.

Excel 2010 specifications .

Answer 4

Try PowerPivot from Microsoft. Here you can find a step by step tutorial. It worked for my 4M+ rows!

Answer 5

You can use PowerPivot to work with files of up to 2GB, which will be enough for your needs.

Answer 6

Split the CSV into two files in Notepad. It's a pain, but you can just edit each of them individually in Excel after that.