Import Sharepoint 2010 list data from Excel table using VBA

Question

i have learned how to gather data from a sharepoint list into Excel using VBA simple macro only.

Now i would like to do the other way around - update some list in m

Answer 1

Yes. You can use the XMLHttpRequest object provided by Microsoft's XML SDK, as well as the UpdateListItems web service provided by SharePoint to update one or more items. Add a reference to "Microsoft XML, v6.0" in the Tools -> References menu in your Visual Basic Editor, and then use something like the code below.

Dim objXMLHTTP As MSXML2.XMLHTTP

Dim strListNameOrGuid As String
Dim strBatchXml As String
Dim strSoapBody As String

Set objXMLHTTP = New MSXML2.XMLHTTP

strListNameOrGuid = "My List Name or GUID"

' Delete item with internal ID of "1"
strBatchXml = "<Batch OnError='Continue'><Method ID='1' Cmd='Delete'><Field Name='ID'>1</Field></Method></Batch>"

objXMLHTTP.Open "POST", "http://myserver/mysite/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx", False
objXMLHTTP.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "text/xml; charset=""UTF-8"""
objXMLHTTP.setRequestHeader "SOAPAction", "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/UpdateListItems"

strSoapBody = "<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' " _
  & "xmlns:xsd='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' " _
  & "xmlns:soap='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'><soap:Body><UpdateListItems " _
  & "xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/'><listName>" & strListNameOrGuid _
  & "</listName><updates>" & strBatchXml & "</updates></UpdateListItems></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>"

objXMLHTTP.send strSoapBody

If objXMLHTTP.Status = 200 Then
    ' Do something with response
End If

Set objXMLHTTP = Nothing

You can read more about the syntax of the UpdateListItems and how the batch XML should be structured by going here.

Answer 2

Not the answer to your question but maybe interesting enough. You can pull data from a Sharepoint list with PowerQuery,