I need help importing data in Access 2013

Hello Experts,
I need help with a feature I need implemented to an Access 2013 application.
I am developing a scheduling app. The staff members email me their availability on a spreadsheet.
I then save those spreadsheet to a specific folder in my C drive (C:\Schedules\).

I have a table in Access 2013 where I save the data in the spreadsheets into. This is tedious work.

I want to create a form in Access 2013 with just 1 button, that will read all the files in the C:\Schedules directory.
And import the information into my schedules table.

Image of what my C:\Schedules directory

Here is a sample of the information that the spreadsheets contain:

USER ID            DATE_AVAILABLE            EMAIL            PHONE
100001            11/1/2014            me@test.com      111-112-2233
100001            11/2/2014            me@test.com      111-112-2233
100001            11/9/2014            me@test.com      111-112-2233
100001            11/12/2014            me@test.com      111-112-2233
100001            11/13/2014            me@test.com      111-112-2233
100001            11/14/2014            me@test.com      111-112-2233

My tblSchedules table in Access has the same fields:
USER ID            DATE_AVAILABLE            EMAIL            PHONE

How can I do this? Thank you in advance for all of your help.

mrotor

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Scott McDaniel (Microsoft Access MVP - EE MVE )Infotrakker SoftwareCommented: 2014-11-21

You can use the DIR function to loop through a directory and get the contents:

Dim sFile As String
sFile = Dir("C:\Schedules", "*.xls")

Do Until Len(sFile) = 0
DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet acImport, acSpreadsheetTypeExcel9, "Table", "C:\Schedules\" & sfile
Dir
Loop

Personally, I'd import to a "staging" table first, then use VBA/SQL to move the new data into the "live" table. This would allow for you to insure you have clean data.

Also, if your file extension isn't ".xls", change the Dir command to reflect the correct extension.

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mainrotorAuthor Commented: 2014-11-21

Thanks for your reply Scott,
I will try your suggestion over the weekend and post my results. Thanks.

mrotor

mainrotorAuthor Commented: 2014-12-02

Hi Scott McDaniel,

I tried your code but I got a Type Mismatch error. I have attached an image of the error. How can I fix this?
Thanks in advance.

mrotor

I need help importing data in Access 2013

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