Linked data types connect to reputable sources of data, such as Bing,Power BI and more, so you can access information about a variety of subjects without ever leaving Excel. This page will be updated with what's currently available.
Note:Linked data types are only available to Worldwide Multi-Tenant clients (Microsoft 365 accounts,) but data types from different sources may have different requirements. To check the source, select the data type icon in the cell of a converted data type > in the card, scroll to the bottom for the source name. For detailed requirements, see How to access data types in the FAQ.
List of linked data types in Excel
To open the data types gallery, go to the Data tab in Excel > Data Types group > expand the dropdown.
Note:Most data types require a Microsoft 365 subscription to use, but data types from different sources may have different requirements to use them. To check the requirements, see How to access data types in the FAQ. To check the source, select the data type icon in the cell of a converted data type to open the card, then scroll to the bottom for the source name.
Linked data types connect to reputable sources of data, such as Bing, Power BI and more, so you can access information about a variety of subjects without ever leaving Excel. This page will be updated with what's currently available.
You can get stock and geographic data in Excel. It's as easy as typing text into a cell, and converting it to the Stocks data type, or the Geography data type. These two data types are considered linked data types because they have a connection to an online data source.
The process of displaying or using data that resides in another cell, perhaps even in another workbook, is known as data linking. Excel enables you to link the data in your worksheet with data in other sheets, other workbooks and even other applications.
— Tim Berners-Lee, Linked Data. Examples of large linked open data sets include DBpedia and Wikidata. A suite of semantic web standards developed by the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C). These standards create a structure for making simple statements about resources so that machines can interpret relationships.
Type = (equal sign).Switch to the source workbook, and then click the worksheet that contains the cells that you want to link.Press F3, select the name that you want to link to and press Enter.
Most modern computer languages recognize five basic categories of data types: Integral, Floating Point, Character, Character String, and composite types, with various specific subtypes defined within each broad category.
The conventional way to check links in Excel is by using the Edit Links feature: Data tab > Queries & Connections group > Edit Links. This will display the following information: Source - the name of the linked file. Type - the link type: a workbook or worksheet.
If you don't want a cell to be a linked data type anymore, just right-click the cell, and click Data Type > Convert to Text. The data type is removed, there's no longer an online connection, and the value in the cell is converted to text.
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