How do I use an ADO.NET managed provider in Excel?

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Published on 2009-11-23T20:35:23Z Indexed on 2010/03/17 3:01 UTC
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I have an ADO.NET Managed Data Provider that is registered in machine.config in DbProviderFactory - It is available for use from, say, Analysis Services, so I know it is correctly registered.

However, I need to be able to query the managed provider from Excel, but the managed provider doesn't appear as a choice from Data Link Properties | All Ole Db Providers.

How do I get an ADO.NET Managed Data Provider to appear there, or is there another technique I need to use?

Thanks in advance, Eli.

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