Access Live Bing Ads Data in Excel 365 Online (Excel for the web)



Connect to Bing Ads data from Excel 365 Online (Excel for the web) with CData Connect Cloud.

Microsoft Excel for the web represents a cloud-native iteration of Microsoft Excel. When integrated with CData Connect Cloud, you gain immediate access to Bing Ads data directly from within Excel. This access facilitates data analysis, collaborative work, calculations, and more. This article provides a step-by-step guide on connecting to Bing Ads within your Connect Cloud instance and accessing live Bing Ads data in Excel for the web spreadsheets, whether for viewing or updating purposes.

CData Connect Cloud provides a pure cloud-to-cloud interface for Bing Ads, allowing you to easily access live Bing Ads data in Excel for the web. Simply use the Connect Cloud Add-In to query live data (or write your own). Using optimized data processing out of the box, CData Connect Cloud pushes all supported query operations (filters, JOINs, etc) directly to Bing Ads, leveraging server-side processing to quickly return Bing Ads data.

This setup requires a CData Connect Cloud instance and the CData Connect Cloud Add-In for Excel. To get started, sign up a free trial of Connect Cloud and install the free Connect Cloud Excel Add-In.


Configure Bing Ads Connectivity for Excel

Connectivity to Bing Ads from Excel is made possible through CData Connect Cloud. To work with Bing Ads data from Excel, we start by creating and configuring a Bing Ads connection.

  1. Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
  2. Select "Bing Ads" from the Add Connection panel
  3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Bing Ads.

    The Bing Ads APIs use the OAuth 2 standard. To authenticate, you will need valid Bing Ads OAuth credentials and you will need to obtain a developer token. See the Getting Started section in the Bing Ads data provider help documentation for an authentication guide.

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

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Bing Ads data from Excel for the web.

Access Live Bing Ads Data in Excel for the web

The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect Cloud from Excel to access live Bing Ads data.

  1. Log into Excel, create a new sheet (or open an existing one).
  2. Click Insert and click Office Add-ins. (if you have already installed the Add-In, jump to step 4).
  3. Search for CData Connect Cloud Add-In and install the Add-in.
  4. Click Data and open the CData Connect Cloud Add-In.
  5. In the Add-In panel, click Authorize to authenticate with your CData Connect Cloud instance
  6. In the CData Connect Cloud panel in Excel, click Import
  7. Choose a Connection (e.g. BingAds1), Table (e.g. AdGroups), and Columns to import
  8. Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
  9. Click Execute to import the data

Update Bing Ads Data from Excel

In addition to viewing Bing Ads data in Excel, CData Connect Cloud also lets you update and delete Bing Ads data. Begin by importing data (as described above).

  1. Update any cell or cells with changes you want to push to Bing Ads (your changes will be in red)
  2. In the CData Connect Cloud Add-In panel, select Update
  3. Optionally highlight the cell(s) you wish to update and select an update option ("Update All" or "Update Selected")
  4. Click Execute to push the updates to Bing Ads

A notification will appear when the update is complete

Live Access to Bing Ads Data from Cloud Applications

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

Try CData Connect Cloud and get real-time data access to 100+ SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources directly from your cloud applications.

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