Dear MySQL users,

The MySQL Windows Experience Team is proud to announce the release of
MySQL for Excel version 1.3.0. This is a beta release for 1.3.x.

MySQL for Excel is an application plug-in enabling data analysts to very
easily access and manipulate MySQL data within Microsoft Excel. It
enables you to directly work with a MySQL database from within Microsoft
Excel so you can easily do tasks such as:

* Importing MySQL Data into Excel

* Exporting Excel data directly into MySQL to a new or existing table

* Editing MySQL data directly within Excel


As this is a beta version the MySQL for Excel product can be
downloaded only by using the product standalone installer at this link
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/windows/excel/


Changes in MySQL for Excel 1.3.0 (2014-06-06, Beta)

This section documents all changes and bug fixes applied to MySQL
for Excel since the release of 1.2.1. Several new features were
added, for more information see What Is New In MySQL for Excel
(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/mysql-for-excel-what-is-new.html).

Known limitations:

Upgrading from versions MySQL for Excel 1.2.0 and lower is not
possible due to a bug fixed in MySQL for Excel 1.2.1. In that
scenario, the old version (MySQL for Excel 1.2.0 or lower) must be
uninstalled first. Upgrading from version 1.2.1 works correctly.

Control + A cannot be used to select all database objects. Either
shift + Arrow or Control + click must be used instead.

Excel tables created from external data sources may not refresh if
the MySQL for Excel add-in is loaded.

PivotTables are normally placed to the right (skipping one column)
of the imported data, they will not be created if there is another
existing Excel object at that position.

Functionality Added or Changed

* Imported data can now be refreshed by using the native Refresh
feature. Fields in the imported data sheet are then updated
against the live MySQL database using the saved connection ID.

* Functionality was added to import data directly into
PivotTables, which can be created from any Import operation.

* Multiple objects (tables and views) can now be imported into
Excel, when before only one object could be selected.
Relational information is also utilized when importing
multiple objects.

* All options now have descriptive tooltips. Hovering over an
option/preference displays helpful information about its use.

* A new Export Data, Advanced Options option was added that
shows all available data types in the Data Type combo box,
instead of only showing a subset of the most popular data
types.

* The option dialogs now include a Refresh To Defaults button
that resets the dialog's options to their defaults values.
Each option dialog is set individually.

* A new Add Summary Fields for Numeric Columns option was added
to the Import Data dialog that automatically adds summary
fields for numeric data after the last row of the imported
data. The specific summary function is selectable from many
options, such as "Total" and "Average."

* A new collation option was added for the schema and table
creation wizards. The default schema collation is "Server
Default", and the default table collation is "Schema Default."
Collation options may be selected from a drop-down list of all
available collations.

Quick links:
You can access the MySQL for Excel documentation at
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/en/mysql-for-excel.html.
You can find our team's blog at http://blogs.oracle.com/MySQLOnWindows.
You can also post questions on our MySQL for Excel forum found at
http://forums.mysql.com/list.php?172.
You can follow our videos on our YouTube channel found at
http://www.youtube.com/user/MySQLChannel.


Enjoy and thanks for the support!

The MySQL on Windows team at Oracle.

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