Access Live Basecamp Data in Excel for the Web (Excel 365/Online) through Connect Spreadsheets
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Microsoft Excel for the web represents a cloud-native iteration of Microsoft Excel. When combined with Connect Spreadsheets by CData, you gain immediate access to Basecamp data directly within Excel, facilitating data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more. This article shows how to connect to Basecamp in Connect Spreadsheets and access and update live Basecamp data in Excel spreadsheets online.
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.
This setup requires a Connect Spreadsheets instance and the Connect Spreadsheets Add-In for Excel. To get started, sign up a free trial of Connect Spreadsheets and install the free Connect Spreadsheets Excel Add-In.
Configure Basecamp Connectivity for Excel
Connectivity to Basecamp from Excel is made possible through Connect Spreadsheets . To work with Basecamp data from Excel, we start by creating and configuring a Basecamp connection.
- Log into Connect Spreadsheets, click Sources and click Add Connection
- Select "Basecamp" from the Add Connection panel
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Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Basecamp.
Basecamp uses basic or OAuth 2.0 authentication. To use basic authentication you will need the user and password that you use for logging in to Basecamp. To authenticate to Basecamp via OAuth 2.0, obtain the OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL connection properties by registering an app with Basecamp.
See the Getting Started section in the help documentation for a connection guide.
Additionally, specify the AccountId connection property. This can be copied from the URL after you log in.
- Click Create & Test
With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Basecamp data from Excel for the web.
Access Live Basecamp Data in Excel for the web
The steps below outline connecting to Connect Spreadsheets from Excel to access live Basecamp data.
- Log into Excel, create a new sheet (or open an existing one).
- Click Insert and click Office Add-ins. (If you have already installed the Add-In, jump to step 4.)
- Search for Connect Spreadsheets and click "Get it now" to install the Add-in.
- Back in Excel, open the Data ribbon select and click the CData Connect Spreadsheets "Get Data" button.
- In the Add-In panel, click "Log in" to sign into and authenticate with your Connect Spreadsheets account
- In the Connect Spreadsheets panel in Excel, click Import
- Choose a Connection (e.g. Basecamp1), Table (e.g. Projects), and Columns to import
- Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
- Click Execute to import the data
Update Basecamp Data from Excel
In addition to viewing Basecamp data in Excel, Connect Spreadsheets also lets you update and delete Basecamp data. Begin by importing data (as described above).
- Update any cell or cells with changes you want to push to Basecamp
- In the Connect Spreadsheets Add-In panel, select Update
- Optionally highlight the cell(s) you wish to update and select an update option ("Update All" or "Update Selected")
- Click Execute to push the updates to Basecamp
A notification will appear when the update is complete.
Live Access to Basecamp Data from Spreadsheets
New, you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live Basecamp data from your Excel workbook. You can add more data to your workbook for calculations, aggregations, collaboration, and more.
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