Access Live Google Ad Manager Data in Excel for the Web (Excel 365/Online) through Connect Spreadsheets

Cameron Leblanc
Cameron Leblanc
Senior Technology Evangelist
Connect to Google Ad Manager data from Excel 365 Online (Excel for the web) with 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 Google Ad Manager data directly within Excel, facilitating data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more. This article shows how to connect to Google Ad Manager in Connect Spreadsheets and access and update live Google Ad Manager 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 Google Ad Manager Connectivity for Excel

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

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

    Google Ads Manager uses the OAuth authentication standard. You can authorize the data provider to access Google Ads Manager as an individual user or with a service account that you create in the Google APIs Console. See the Getting Started section in the data provider help documentation for an authentication guide.

    Configuring a connection (Salesforce is shown)
  4. Click Create & Test

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Google Ad Manager data from Excel for the web.

Access Live Google Ad Manager Data in Excel for the web

The steps below outline connecting to Connect Spreadsheets from Excel to access live Google Ad Manager 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 Connect Spreadsheets and click "Get it now" to install the Add-in. Install the Add-In
  4. Back in Excel, open the Data ribbon select and click the CData Connect Spreadsheets "Get Data" button. Open Add in panel
  5. In the Add-In panel, click "Log in" to sign into and authenticate with your Connect Spreadsheets account Authorizing the Add-In
  6. In the Connect Spreadsheets panel in Excel, click Import Connect Spreadsheets  panel in Excel
  7. Choose a Connection (e.g. GoogleAdsManager1), Table (e.g. Orders), and Columns to import Connect Spreadsheets  panel in Excel
  8. Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit Choosing a Connection, Table, and Columns
  9. Click Execute to import the data Executing the Query

Update Google Ad Manager Data from Excel

In addition to viewing Google Ad Manager data in Excel, Connect Spreadsheets also lets you update and delete Google Ad Manager data. Begin by importing data (as described above).

  1. Update any cell or cells with changes you want to push to Google Ad Manager
  2. In the Connect Spreadsheets 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") Executing the update (Salesforce is shown).
  4. Click Execute to push the updates to Google Ad Manager

A notification will appear when the update is complete.

Executing the update (Salesforce is shown).

Live Access to Google Ad Manager Data from Spreadsheets

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

Imported data (Salesforce is shown)

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