Sharepoint QueryTables command missing a Linked Column

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Hello,
I am using VBA to call for an export of the SharePoint list I am using into an Excel workbook. The code, seen below, works nearly perfectly but runs into one snag. There is one column in my SharePoint view that is Linked to a different SharePoint List. This column is one of the Checked-boxes type, and gathers the options to be checked from the other list. When the code extracts the data from the SharePoint view I desire, this one column is skipped. I have no authorization to modify the SharePoint configuration, only to read from it. This one column is crucial to my project. I have not seen much information elsewhere on why Linked columns cannot be exported in this fashion. Also, if I use the "Actions>Export to Spreadsheet" function from the sharepoint site, this column IS included. However, the manual demand of that process will not satisfy the requirements of my project. Basically, I am just wondering if anyone knows why the Linked column is not being included in the export, or if there is a way to automatically query SharePoint for this view in a way that will include this linked column. Thanks.


Code:
Public Const MYLIST_VIEWGUID = "{XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX}"
Public Const MYLIST_LISTNAME = "{XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX}"
Public Const MYLIST_LISTWEB = "[URL]http://sharepoint/...[/URL]"
Public Const MYLIST_ROOTFOLDER = "/..."

Sub loadSharePoint(VIEW_GUID As String, LIST_NAME As String, LIST_WEB As String, ROOT_FOLDER As String)
    Dim rList As Range
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    
    'reload the SharePoint data
    With sheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:= _
        "OLEDB;Provider=Microsoft.Office.List.OLEDB.1.0;", Destination:=TODAY.Range(SP_DEST))
        .CommandType = 5
        .CommandText = Array("<LIST><VIEWGUID>" & VIEW_GUID & "</VIEWGUID>" & _
        "<LISTNAME>" & LIST_NAME & "</LISTNAME>" & _
        "<LISTWEB>" & LIST_WEB & "</LISTWEB><LISTSUBWEB></LISTSUBWEB>", _
        "<ROOTFOLDER>" & ROOT_FOLDER & "</ROOTFOLDER></LIST>")
        .Name = "ExternalData_1"
        .FieldNames = True
        .RowNumbers = False
        .FillAdjacentFormulas = True
        .PreserveFormatting = True
        .RefreshOnFileOpen = False
        .BackgroundQuery = False
        .RefreshStyle = xlInsertDeleteCells
        .SavePassword = False
        .SaveData = True
        .AdjustColumnWidth = False
        .RefreshPeriod = 0
        .PreserveColumnInfo = True
        .Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False
    End With
        
End Sub
 

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