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Review on Bowtie by Michael Morgan

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Best free tool for importing and exporting data from sql server

All major fields are available in Excel file; ability to use multiple filters/sorts makes this software more useful than some others I've seen which only allow you to do simple things like sort by column A first then B etc. Also there's an option if your report needs some minor changes. The UI could look better but they're actively working on improving its looks! Some features would require more training time (such as advanced queries) to get familiar with them so take our word when we say you need more experience before using those options. Using Microsoft excel sheet to perform my SQL Server reports was quite annoying because every table had different columns in each row making creating tables very tedious task. With bow tie everything has been solved since it provides me with same field names across rows while also providing customizations where required.

Pros
  • Great GUI, easy navigation
  • Rich data export ability for other applications
  • Very fast query execution