Move List Items with Attachments between SharePoint 2007 and 2013: Using with MS Access 2013.

open Access 2013 , I clicked to create a new Blank Desktop Database and started my journey:



I gave the database a name and pressed Create:



Time to start poking around. I went to the External Data tab, and clicked More to reveal SharePoint List in the “Import & Link” section of the ribbon:



I entered the URL to my SharePoint 2007 site and chose to Import the source data into a new table in the current database.



I selected the list I wanted to export and clicked OK.



Access then proceeded to lock up my computer for several minutes as it imported the data, but it was worth the wait. Keep in mind that although logically we are exporting the data from SharePoint 2007, from Access’ perspective we are importing this data into Access. From here, we will export this data to a list in our SharePoint Online site.

When the import completed, I clicked Close and noticed in the “All Access Objects” view in the left pane, my database now contained a table named after the SharePoint list I just brought over. I double-clicked it and sure enough, all the data was there including the list item attachments!



Stunned by my good fortune, I double-clicked some of these cells to confirm the attachments were actually there. They were!




Time to get this data into SharePoint 2013. I went back to the External Data tab, and clicked More to reveal SharePoint List in the “Export” section of the ribbon:



Much like the import wizard earlier, the export wizard allows me to connect to a SharePoint site (I chose my SharePoint Online site this time) and specify a name for the new list.



I pressed OK and allowed Access to do its thing (it took about 15 minutes). When it was done, my browser opened to the newly imported list in SharePoint Online. Not only was the list schema perfect (if you’ve ever imported a spreadsheet to create a new list, you know how frustrating it can be to have all of your Choice columns converted to Single line of text), but all the attachments to the list items were there as well!
You will notice a few extra columns are created as part of the process:

• Encoded Absolute URL
• Item Type
• Path
• URL Path
• Workflow Instance ID
• Comments
• File Type
• _OldID

You can safely remove these from your new list if you do not want or need them.



Is completed! Thanks, Access 2013!