Access Live Adobe Experience Manager Data in Excel (Desktop) through Connect Spreadsheets

Microsoft Excel is a widely used spreadsheet software application, primarily used for tasks related to data management, analysis, and visualization. When combined with Connect Spreadsheets by CData, you gain immediate access to Adobe Experience Manager data directly within Excel, facilitating data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more. This article shows how to connect to Adobe Experience Manager in Connect Spreadsheets and access live Adobe Experience Manager data in Excel spreadsheets.

Connect Spreadsheets is the easiest way to get all your live data into Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets - no more downloading, wrangling, and uploading files again. Just connect to your data, select the dataset you'd like to see, and import it into your spreadsheet.

Configure Adobe Experience Manager Connectivity for Excel

Connectivity to Adobe Experience Manager from Excel is made possible through Connect Spreadsheets. To work with Adobe Experience Manager data from Excel, we start by creating and configuring a Adobe Experience Manager connection.

1. Log into Connect Spreadsheets, click Connections and click Add Connection
2. Select "Adobe Experience Manager" from the Add Connection panel
3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Adobe Experience Manager.

   The driver connects to Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) instances that expose the JCR repository over WebDAV. It supports both on-premises AEM and AEM as a Cloud Service deployments.

   To establish a connection, set the following properties:

   • URL: The WebDAV-enabled JCR server URL.
     • AEM as a Cloud Service: https://author-pXXXXX-eXXXXX.adobeaemcloud.com/crx/server
     • Local development: http://localhost:4502/crx/server
   • User: Your AEM username.
   • Password: Your AEM password.

   Note: Tables are dynamically generated based on the JCR repository structure. Ensure that the configured user has sufficient permissions to access the required content paths in the AEM repository.

   
4. Click Create & Test
5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Adobe Experience Manager Connection page and update the User-based permissions.

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Adobe Experience Manager data from Excel.

Access Live Adobe Experience Manager Data in Excel

The steps below outline connecting to Connect Spreadsheets from Excel to access live Adobe Experience Manager data.

1. Open Excel, create a new sheet (or open an existing one).
2. Click Insert and click Get Add-ins. (if you have already installed the Add-In, jump to step 4).
3. Search for Connect Spreadsheets and install the Add-in.
4. Click Data and open the CData Connect Spreadsheets Add-In.
5. In the Add-In panel, click "Log in" to authenticate with your Connect Spreadsheets account
6. In the Connect Spreadsheets panel in Excel, click Import
7. Choose a Connection (e.g. AdobeExperienceManager1), Table (e.g. Content), and Columns to import
8. Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
9. Click Execute to import the data and opt to overwrite the existing sheet or create a new one.

Live Access to Adobe Experience Manager Data from Spreadsheet Apps

New, you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live Adobe Experience Manager data from your Excel workbook. You can add more data to your workbook for calculations, aggregations, collaboration, and more.

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