Connection String Options

The connection string properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection string for this provider. Click the links for further details.

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Auth Scheme	The scheme used for authentication. Accepted entries are NTLM, Basic, Digest, Forms, None, and Negotiate.
Define Tables	Define the tables within a spreadsheet on SharePoint Online.
File	The name of the Excel file to which to connect.
Firewall Password	A password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall.
Firewall Port	The TCP port for a proxy-based firewall.
Firewall Server	The name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall.
Firewall Type	The protocol used by a proxy-based firewall.
Firewall User	The user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall.
Folder	The folder containing the workbook specified by the File property.
Header	Indicates whether the first row should be used as a column header when using the REST API.
Ignore Calc Error	Indicates whether to ignore errors that occurred during the calculation.
Library	The Document Library to which to connect.
Location	A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures.
Log Modules	Core modules to be included in the log file.
Max Rows	Limits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time.
Other	These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases.
Password	The password of the SharePoint Online account used to authenticate to the SharePoint Online server.
Proxy Auth Scheme	The authentication type to use to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.
Proxy Auto Detect	This indicates whether to use the system proxy settings or not. This takes precedence over other proxy settings, so you'll need to set ProxyAutoDetect to FALSE in order use custom proxy settings.
Proxy Exceptions	A semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the ProxyServer .
Proxy Password	A password to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.
Proxy Port	The TCP port the ProxyServer proxy is running on.
Proxy Server	The hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through.
Proxy SSL Type	The SSL type to use when connecting to the ProxyServer proxy.
Proxy User	A user name to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.
Row Scan Depth	The maximum number of rows to scan to look for the columns available in a table.
Share Point Edition	The edition of SharePoint being used. Set either SharePoint Online or SharePoint On-Premise.
Share Point Version	The version of the SharePoint server to which you are connecting.
SSL Server Cert	The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL.
SSO Domain	The domain of the user when using single sign-on (SSO).
STSURL	The URL of the security token service (STS) when using Single Sign On (SSO).
Timeout	The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation.
Type Detection Scheme	Determines how to determine the data type of columns.
URL	The base URL for a site or site collection.
Use NTLMV1	Determines whether the driver will attempt to connect with NTLMv1 or NTLMv2 (default).
User	The username of the SharePoint Online account used to authenticate to the server.
Use RESTAPI	Whether or not the REST API is used for retrieving data.
Use SSO	Whether or not to use Single Sign On (SSO) to authenticate to SharePoint Online.