Yes! Make it refresh every 30 minutes instead. Or turn off refreshing all together. > From: Noelle <noelle> > Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 10:26:21 -0700 (PDT) > > it says you can go to Properties for refresh option in Excel > refresh every ___ minutes > refresh data when opening file > refresh this connection on refresh all > > would this help with the hogging problem?