ODBC connection without storing data

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UncleBocky

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When I establish an ODBC connection in Excel to power some pivot table reporting it greatly increases my file size, so I'm assuming it is storing all the data behind the scenes. Is there a way to connect to an ODBC source without storing the data and drastically increasing my file size?
 

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