Access Live Google Ad 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 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.

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 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 Connections and click Add Connection
2. Select "Google Ad Manager" from the Add Connection panel
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.

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

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

Access Live Google Ad Manager Data in Excel

The steps below outline connecting to Connect Spreadsheets from Excel to access live Google Ad 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. GoogleAdsManager1), Table (e.g. Orders), 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.

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 (your changes will be in red)
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")
4. Click Execute to push the updates to Google Ad Manager

A notification will appear when the update is complete

Live Access to Google Ad Manager Data from Spreadsheet Apps

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.

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