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Export an Access Table to a SharePoint Online List
- From your database, right-click on the table on the left pane and select Export.
- Select SharePoint list from the drop-down menu.
- In the Export data to SharePoint list window, enter the URL of your SharePoint site and specify the name for the new list.
- Click OK.
How do I link an Access database to a SharePoint list?
A linked SharePoint list or Access database updates both ways….
- On the External Data tab, select More > SharePoint List.
- Specify the SharePoint site.
- Select Link to the data source by creating a linked table, and then click Next.
- Select the list you want to link to, and then click OK.
Export a table to a SharePoint list
- Click inside the table.
- Click Design > Export > Export Table to SharePoint List.
- In the Name box, type a unique name for the list.
- Optionally, enter a description in the Description box.
- Click Next.
- Review the information given in Columns and Data Types and then click Finish.
Can you run an Access database from SharePoint?
Access 2010 and Access Services provide a platform for you to create databases that you can use on a SharePoint site. You design and publish a web database by using Access 2010 and Access Services, and people who have accounts on the SharePoint site use the web database in a web browser.
When you need to temporarily or permanently move some of your Access data to a SharePoint site, you can export it to the site from your Access database. When you export data, Access creates a copy of the selected table or query database object, and stores the copy as a list.
What causes an error when exporting a table to a SharePoint list?
You receive one of the following errors when you attempt to export a Microsoft Access table to a SharePoint list: There was an error copying data to a SharePoint list. The Microsoft Access database engine encountered an error while communicating with SharePoint. More detailed information: There was an error copying data to a SharePoint list.
Reconnect the tables to resolve the conflicts or discard the pending changes. All SharePoint tables are disconnected. Cannot update. Database or object is read-only. The Microsoft Office Access database engine could not find the object ‘ ‘. Make sure the object exists and that you spell its name and the path name correctly.
How do I export OLE object to SharePoint?
OLE Object fields are ignored during the export operation. If the source Access database is not already open, open it, and then go to the next set of steps. On the External Data tab, in the Export group, click the More button to drop down a list of options and then click SharePoint List.