Access Live CouchDB Data in Google Sheets through Connect Spreadsheets

Cameron Leblanc
Cameron Leblanc
Senior Technology Evangelist
Use Connect Spreadsheets by CData to gain access to live CouchDB data from your Google Sheets.

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Google Sheets is a web-based spreadsheet program provided by Google. When integrated with Connect Spreadsheets by CData, you can effortlessly gain access to CouchDB data directly within Google Sheets for tasks such as data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more. This article offers a comprehensive guide on connecting to CouchDB within Connect Spreadsheets and accessing live CouchDB data seamlessly within Google Sheets.

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 account and the Connect Spreadsheets Add-On for Google Sheets. To get started, sign up a free Connect Spreadsheets account and install the free Connect Spreadsheets Google Sheets Add-On.


Configure CouchDB Connectivity for Google Sheets

Connectivity to CouchDB from Google Sheets is made possible through Connect Spreadsheets. To work with CouchDB data from Google Sheets, we start by creating and configuring a CouchDB connection.

  1. Log into Connect Spreadsheets, click Sources and click Add Connection Adding a Connection
  2. Select "CouchDB" from the Add Connection panel Selecting a data source
  3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to CouchDB.

    Set the following to connect:

    • Url: The Url of your instance. For example: http://localhost:5984
    • User The Apache CouchDB user account used to authenticate.
    • Password The Apache CouchDB password associated with the authenticating user.
    Configuring a connection (OData is shown)
  4. Click Create & Test

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to CouchDB data from Google Sheets.

Access Live CouchDB Data from Google Sheets

The steps below outline connecting to Connect Spreadsheets from Google Sheets to access live CouchDB data.

  1. Log into Google Sheets, create a new sheet (or open an existing one).
  2. Click Add-ons and click Get Add-ons (if you have already installed the Add-on, jump to step 5).
  3. Search for Connect Spreadsheets Add-On and install the Add-on. Install the Add-On
  4. Authorize the Add-On. Authorize the Add-On
  5. Back in Google Sheets, click Add-ons and open the Connect Spreadsheets Add-On. Opening the Add-On
  6. In the Add-On panel, click "Log in" to sign into and authenticate with your Connect Spreadsheets account Authenticating with Connect Spreadsheets
  7. In the Connect Spreadsheets panel in Google Sheets, click Import Connect Spreadsheets panel in Google Sheets
  8. Choose a Connection (e.g. ApacheCouchDB1), Table (e.g. Movies, and Columns to import Choosing a Connection, Table, and Columns
  9. Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit Filters, Sorting, Limits
  10. Click Execute to import the data and opt to overwrite the existing sheet or create a new one. Opting where to import the data

Live Access to CouchDB Data from Cloud Applications

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

Imported data (Salesforce is shown)

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