I'M TRYING to get a xls format to try. What other format do you recommend? Thank you
Lazaro Lopez, TV Director/Editor
Communications, Information and Technology Department (305) 375-2432
miamidade.gov
Original Message:
Sent: 1/27/2026 3:55:00 PM
From: Simon Redmile
Subject: RE: Datalinqing a excel sheet over the network
I just did a test, I am also having issues with xlsx over network drive but xls works fine.
Any chance you can use xls format or you need the newer format?
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Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-27-2026 15:46
From: Lazaro Lopez
Subject: Datalinqing a excel sheet over the network
I'm sorry, I don't know if it does. Im reaching out to the other dept.
Lazaro Lopez, TV Director/Editor
Communications, Information and Technology Department (305) 375-2432
miamidade.gov
Original Message:
Sent: 1/27/2026 3:33:00 PM
From: Simon Redmile
Subject: RE: Datalinqing a excel sheet over the network
I understand but is excel installed on the machine that is running datalinq?
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Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom
Original Message:
Sent: 01-27-2026 15:29
From: Lazaro Lopez
Subject: Datalinqing a excel sheet over the network
Original Message:
Sent: 1/27/2026 2:51:00 PM
From: Simon Redmile
Subject: RE: Datalinqing a excel sheet over the network
Does the machine with datalinq on have excel installed?
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Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom
Original Message:
Sent: 01-27-2026 14:49
From: Lazaro Lopez
Subject: Datalinqing a excel sheet over the network
So, I can't just use the path to access the files that way? I'm using the same path to link PNG files, and that works fine. Is it possible that it can't open Excel files if they're on a network drive?
Lazaro Lopez, TV Director/Editor
Communications, Information and Technology Department (305) 375-2432
miamidade.gov
Original Message:
Sent: 1/27/2026 2:01:00 PM
From: Simon Redmile
Subject: RE: Datalinqing a excel sheet over the network
Can move the datalinq server to the machine with the excel and then connect xpression to the datalinq over network?
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Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom
Original Message:
Sent: 01-26-2026 15:49
From: Lazaro Lopez
Subject: Datalinqing a excel sheet over the network
Hi everyone, I have a question. Can you use Data Link to connect an Excel spreadsheet over a network, or is it limited to just the local drive? The local drive works great using the original method.
Here are my steps when creating a new Excel sheet that is not on the local drive: I enter the network drive's location in the Excel sheet to point to it, and at the end of the location, I add \Bcc Crawl 2.xlsx, but I can't see the agenda items for the meeting.
For example, using the original method, I entered: E:\XPression Projects\Misc\Bcc Crawl.xlsx and it worked perfectly. With the new method, I am using: Z:\\ecsfs3\CCED\COMGraphics\External Shares\Agenda QR Codes\Sample Excel File\Bcc Crawl.xlsx, but it says the file name is incorrect. Can anyone help me figure out what's going wrong?
Thank you!
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Lazaro Lopez
TV/DIRECTOR/EDITOR
MIAMI DADE COUNTY
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