Excel Services Application: GET Excel DataProvider in SharePoint 2013 Using PowerShell

This course will help you learn the basics or refresh your knowledge and then provide a deeper understanding of advanced features of SharePoint 2013 from beginners to advanced users.

In this blog, we will learn how to get Excel DataProvider using PowerShell cmdlets.

SharePoint 2013 is a collaboration environment that organizations of all sizes can use to increase the efficiency of their business processes

Excel Service Application
  1. Excel Services is a business intelligence tool that allows you to share data-connected workbooks across an organization.
  2. Excel Services in SharePoint Server 2013 is a shared service that you can use to publish Excel 2013 workbooks on SharePoint Server.
Why are we using these commands?

Excel Services Application loads only workbooks that are stored in a trusted file location.

Steps
  • Open your SharePoint Management Shell.
  • Copy the below code.
  • Run this one.
  1. Get-SPExcelDataProvider -ExcelServiceApplication <SPExcelServiceApplicationPipeBind> [-AssignmentCollection <SPAssignmentCollection>]  
Example
  1. Get-SPExcelServiceApplication -Identity "ExcelServiceApplications" | Get-SPExcelDataProvider | where {$_.ProviderID -eq "SQLOLEDB"}  
Conclusion

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