title: Load HDF5 in Excel?
body: <p>Is there a way to load/import an HDF5 file (sometimes called H5, HD5, or Hierarchical Data Format) in to Excel? </p>
  
  <p>I do not want to export an intermediary CSV file, as ideally I would like to modify the data and in Excel and resave back to HDF5 (but an acceptable answer is one that solves the problem of loading the file first).</p>
  
  <p>Note that HDF5 is the format used by Python's PyTables, pandas, and h5py (experts in these packages may be able to answer this question). However I would prefer not to use Python to solve this problem (I would prefer an existing software tool). Maybe there is a way with ODBC...but I don't know how.</p>