This dialog box is displayed when you right-click the Tables node or a table name in the Connections navigator, select Import Data, and specify the .xls or .csv file from which to import data. It enables you to create a table and import data into it from an Microsoft Excel file, or to import Microsoft Excel data into an existing table.
Data Preview
Worksheet: Name of a worksheet in the Microsoft Excel file.
Header row?: If this option is checked, the first row in the selected Microsoft Excel worksheet is considered a row with text for the column headings. If this option is not checked, the first row is considered to contain worksheet data.
Locale: Language for any text data in the worksheet.
Choose Columns
Available Columns: Lists the Microsoft Excel worksheet columns from which you can select for import into columns in the table. To select one or more worksheet columns, use the arrow buttons to move columns from Available to Selected.
Selected Columns: Lists the columns whose data is to be imported into columns in the database table. To change the order of a selected column in the list for the import operation, select it and use the up and down arrow buttons.
Column Definition
Enables you to specify the name of the database table and information about the columns in that table.
Table Name: Name of the database table into which to import the Excel data.
Source Data Columns and Target Table Columns: You can select a source (Excel) data column to display its target (Oracle) column properties. For Data Type, select one of the supported types for this import operation. For a VARCHAR2 or NUMBER column, you must specify an appropriate Size/Precision value. You can specify whether the column value can be null (Nullable?), and you can specify a default value (Default).
Finish
Verify: You must verify the import parameters. If any test fails, the Information column contains a brief explanation, and you must go back and fix any errors before you can click Finish.
Send to Worksheet: Does not immediately perform the import operation, but instead opens a SQL Worksheet with statements that will be used after you click the Run Script icon in the worksheet.
To perform the import operation, or to send the statements to a SQL Worksheet if you so specified, click Finish.
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