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## Loading data

1. On the Ribbon, go to the **Data** tab, then select **From web**

![](/static/faq/excel-01-from-web.png)

2. Enter in the table url, with `.xlsx` added on the end and click "Ok".

![](/static/faq/excel-02-from-web-dialog.png)

3. Check the preview and click "Load data"

![](/static/faq/excel-03-navigator.png)

This will load the table as a separate sheet in your workbook.

You can refresh the table from csvbase by clicking **Refresh** on the tab on
the Ribbon.

![](/static/faq/excel-04-refresh.png)

And you can configure the frequency of the refresh with the connection properties:

![](/static/faq/excel-06-connection-properties.png)

This allows you to create spreadsheets that always stay up to date.

## Sheet naming conventions

Excel enforces some limitations on sheet names (`/` is not allowed) so csvbase
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## Size limits

Excel does not support sheets longer than 1,000,000 rows so those are not
Excel does not support sheets longer than 1,048,576 rows so such tables are not
available in XLSX format.

## Writing data from Excel
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