Hello There,

I am using Essbase to retrieve data from our DB... etc etc. It works as an
Excel-add-in and dumps my data on my workbook.

The dumpdownload I store in 6 different Ranged Names on 6 different
sheets... each 15 columns wide, and 35000 rows deep.
This results in a 45MB-size file!

I use MSQuery to "join" my data from this file and upload it into a Pivot
table into another file. (DataPivotGet External Data).
As such I do not have any problem with the size of this file ... as I do not
have to work with this file actively. It stays closed and get accessed with
another file via MSQuery.

I don't see many ways to reduce the filesize of the data-file. I´ve re-set
the last cell on every sheet too. When I take a blank Excel file and file
the same ranges with a number, I get the same file-size.
So far this is working without any significant problems... (*) but I am a
bit worried that I will run out of luck rather sooner than later.
(I see postings from people who get worried already with filesizes of 2 MB
....?)

My File with PivotTable has just 1 Pivottable, no charts, no other
calculations and is approx. 18 MB!
BUT it works fine I do not have any problems so far. The PivotCache
MemoryUsed is approx 7.5MB ..i've no idea what that means exactly....
The files are newly build (no old cluttering whatever), contain no
VBA-code,...

I just would like to know what file-sizes Excel can handle?
Will the big Datafile be a problem at a certain level? (by preference I
would like to double the amount of data in it for more comparative analysis
but I am a bit scared)
...it is a passive file. Or the PT-file?
Are there ways I could upload my data from Excel into Access eg.? ... Other
solutions?

(*) Ron Coderre has an Add-in PivotPlay (super!, thanks Ron) that allows you
to automatically rewrite the queries ... but this functionality does not
work anymore, which I think is simply due to the filesize. It works great
with smaller Files.

Jen