hello,
if you are a user in CRM, and if you are on premise, then you have access to filteredviews in CRM.
you can collect the actual query used by the dev team. Using a dsn to the actual SQL server, you can create linked tables from access database.
this will eliminate the intermediate excel step.
please note that filtered view applies security role. So the user getting data into Access database should be a valid user with sufficient permission in CRM.
regards
Jithesh