Working with wage and hour data and employment data, like we do on a daily basis involves the analysis of very large data sets. Big data and employment data are often one in the same. STATA has a very useful command that allows you to load in large Excel 2007/2010 spreadsheet files. It is:
set excelxlsxlargefile on
This simple command allows the user to bypass the pre-set limit on spreadsheet size.
Just remember, STATA and your computer will be unresponsive during the load. So be patient and let it all load up.