Manage Excel Services trusted data providers (SharePoint Server 2013)
APPLIES TO: 
2013 
2016 2019 Subscription Edition SharePoint in Microsoft 365
Important
The steps in this article apply to SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise.
Trusted data providers are data providers from which Excel Services accesses data. A data provider is a database type combined with a protocol for accessing data (for example, SQL Server combined with ODBC).
Excel Services does not access data that does not come from a trusted data provider.
Excel Services contains entries for common data providers. Add additional data providers as needed.
Add a trusted data provider
Use the following procedure to add a trusted data provider in Excel Services.
To add a trusted data provider
In the Central Administration page, in the Application Management section, click Manage service applications.
On the Manage Service Applications page, click the Excel Services service application that you want to configure.
On the Manage Excel Services page, click Trusted Data Providers.
On the Excel Services Application Trusted Data Providers page, click Add Trusted Data Provider.
On the Excel Services Application Add Trusted Data Provider page, in the Provider section, type the provider ID of the trusted data provider in the Provider ID box (for example, type SQL Server). Look in a valid connection string to find the provider ID.
Under Provider Type, select one of the following:
OLE DB Select this option to access data by using Object Linking and Embedding (OLE).
ODBC Select this option to access data by using Open Database Connectivity (ODBC).
ODBC DSN Select this option to access data by using Open Database Connectivity with Data Source Name (ODBC DSN).
In the Description box, you can also type a description of the purpose for this trusted data provider.
Click OK.
Configure a trusted data provider
Use the following procedure to configure a trusted data provider in Excel Services.
To configure a trusted data provider
In the Central Administration page, in the Application Management section, click Manage service applications.
On the Manage Service Applications page, click the Excel Services service application that you want to configure.
On the Manage Excel Services page, click Trusted Data Providers.
On the Excel Services Application Trusted Data Providers page, click Edit on the menu of the data provider that you want to configure.
Delete a trusted data provider
Use the following procedure to delete a trusted data provider from Excel Services.
To delete a trusted data provider
In the Central Administration page, in the Application Management section, click Manage service applications.
On the Manage Service Applications page, click the Excel Services service application that you want to configure.
On the Manage Excel Services page, click Trusted Data Providers.
On the Excel Services Application Trusted Data Providers page, click Delete on the menu of the data provider that you want to delete.
Click OK in the message box that asks whether you want to continue with the deletion.