1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 13*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <helpdocument version="1.0"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<topic id="textscalcguidewebqueryxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Inserting External Data in Table (WebQuery)</title> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<filename>/text/scalc/guide/webquery.xhp</filename> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</topic> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</meta> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<body> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154346"><bookmark_value>HTML WebQuery</bookmark_value> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>ranges; inserting in tables</bookmark_value> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>external data; inserting</bookmark_value> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>tables; inserting external data</bookmark_value> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>web pages; importing data</bookmark_value> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>WebQuery filter</bookmark_value> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>inserting; external data</bookmark_value> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>data sources; external data</bookmark_value> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark><comment>UFI: removed "external data;WebQuery" because both index entries "external data" led to this page.</comment><paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154346" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E" oldref="1" localize="false"/> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3125863" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="2"><variable id="webquery"><link href="text/scalc/guide/webquery.xhp" name="Inserting External Data in Table (WebQuery)">Inserting External Data in Table (WebQuery)</link> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155131" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">With the help of the <emph>Web Page Query ($[officename] Calc)</emph> import filter, you can insert tables from HTML documents in a Calc spreadsheet.</paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148575" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">You can use the same method to insert ranges defined by name from a Calc or Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.</paragraph> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149664" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">The following insert methods are available:</paragraph> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146976" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="6">Inserting by Dialog</paragraph> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="ordered"> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154319" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Set the cell cursor at the cell where the new content will be inserted.</paragraph> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145750" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="8">Choose <emph>Insert - Link to External Data</emph>. This opens the <link href="text/scalc/01/04090000.xhp">External Data</link> dialog.</paragraph> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149958" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Enter the URL of the HTML document or the name of the spreadsheet. Press Enter when finished. Click the <emph>...</emph> button to open a file selection dialog.<comment>only after Enter the URL will be requested from the net.</comment></paragraph> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149400" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">In the large list box of the dialog, select the named ranges or tables you want to insert.</paragraph> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155064" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">You can also specify that the ranges or tables are updated every n seconds.</paragraph> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155443" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">The import filter can create names for cell ranges on the fly. As much formatting as possible is retained, while the filter intentionally does not load any images.</paragraph> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149021" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="12">Inserting by Navigator</paragraph> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="ordered"> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153965" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Open two documents: the $[officename] Calc spreadsheet in which the external data is to be inserted (target document) and the document from which the external data derives (source document).</paragraph> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150205" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">In the target document open the Navigator.</paragraph> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152990" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">In the lower combo box of the Navigator select the source document. The Navigator now shows the range names and database ranges or the tables contained in the source document.</paragraph> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 81*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 82*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148842" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">In the Navigator select the <emph>Insert as link</emph> drag mode 83*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3152985" src="sw/imglst/sc20238.png" width="0.222inch" height="0.222inch"><alt id="alt_id3152985" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 84*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image>.</paragraph> 85*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 86*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 87*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3157978" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">Drag the desired external data from the Navigator into the target document.</paragraph> 88*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 89*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 90*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3144768" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">If you have loaded an HTML document with the <emph>Web Page Query</emph> filter as the source document, you will find the tables in the Navigator, named continuously from "HTML_table1" onwards, and also two range names that have been created:</paragraph> 91*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="unordered"> 92*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 93*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152873" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24"> 94*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<item type="literal">HTML_all</item> - designates the entire document</paragraph> 95*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 96*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 97*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149897" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25"> 98*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<item type="literal">HTML_tables</item> - designates all HTML tables in the document</paragraph> 99*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 100*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 101*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149126" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="26">Editing the external data</paragraph> 102*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="unordered"> 103*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 104*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3159228" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">Open <emph>Edit - Links</emph>. Here you can edit the link to the external data.</paragraph> 105*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 106*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 107*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="relatedtopics"> 108*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154650" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28"><link href="text/scalc/01/04090000.xhp" name="External data dialog">External data dialog</link></paragraph> 109*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/scalc/guide/cellreferences_url.xhp#cellreferences_url"/> 110*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 111*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 112*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 113
