Excel source Plus

HI all,
Can anyone explain me how to use excel source plus, if possible please explain with the sreenshots.
i'm confussed of using Named range,Raw value,Formula!!!!
Thanks in advance, appreciate your help!!!!!

Hi Vandana,
According to your description, when you select Named Range to specify a named range within the Source Excel file, the preview page displays nothing no matter which Output selected in Excel Source Plus component.
After testing a similar issue in my environment, I can reproduce it. Since this component is a SSIS Third-Party Component, I’m not familiar with it. As to this issue, please post it to this forum:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/cozyroc
Besides, if possible, please provide us more information about your requirement? I think we can directly use built-in Excel Source component to achieve your requirement.
Thanks,
Katherine Xiong
Katherine Xiong
TechNet Community Support

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Hi RaajMahee
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Hi Koteswararao,
If the first row includes the column names, and the first 10 rows you said don’t include the first row. That means you want to skip the rows from 2 row to 10 row, then we can union two Excel sources to work around this issue. For more details, please refer
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Set the FirstRowHasColumnName property of the Excel Connection Manager to False, so the first row stores the column names in the sheet.
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OK, I figured it out, and will write it here in case someone else has a similar issue, because I spent several hours on Google trying to figure out what was going on.
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In the Data Flow task, I was able to rename the Name field generically, but with the Custom Properties, I have to specify the rowset name, otherwise the task blows off.
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Hi Anthony ,
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