Access Live Google Cloud Storage 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 Google Cloud Storage data directly within Excel, facilitating data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more. This article shows how to connect to Google Cloud Storage in Connect Spreadsheets and access live Google Cloud Storage 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 Cloud Storage Connectivity for Excel
Connectivity to Google Cloud Storage from Excel is made possible through Connect Spreadsheets . To work with Google Cloud Storage data from Excel, we start by creating and configuring a Google Cloud Storage connection.
- Log into Connect Spreadsheets, click Sources and click Add Connection
- Select "Google Cloud Storage" from the Add Connection panel
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Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Google Cloud Storage.
Authenticate with a User Account
You can connect without setting any connection properties for your user credentials. After setting InitiateOAuth to GETANDREFRESH, you are ready to connect.
When you connect, the Google Cloud Storage OAuth endpoint opens in your default browser. Log in and grant permissions, then the OAuth process completes
Authenticate with a Service Account
Service accounts have silent authentication, without user authentication in the browser. You can also use a service account to delegate enterprise-wide access scopes.
You need to create an OAuth application in this flow. See the Help documentation for more information. After setting the following connection properties, you are ready to connect:
- InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH.
- OAuthJWTCertType: Set this to "PFXFILE".
- OAuthJWTCert: Set this to the path to the .p12 file you generated.
- OAuthJWTCertPassword: Set this to the password of the .p12 file.
- OAuthJWTCertSubject: Set this to "*" to pick the first certificate in the certificate store.
- OAuthJWTIssuer: In the service accounts section, click Manage Service Accounts and set this field to the email address displayed in the service account Id field.
- OAuthJWTSubject: Set this to your enterprise Id if your subject type is set to "enterprise" or your app user Id if your subject type is set to "user".
- ProjectId: Set this to the Id of the project you want to connect to.
The OAuth flow for a service account then completes.
- Click Create & Test
With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Google Cloud Storage data from Excel for the web.
Access Live Google Cloud Storage Data in Excel for the web
The steps below outline connecting to Connect Spreadsheets from Excel to access live Google Cloud Storage 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. GoogleCloudStorage1), Table (e.g. Buckets), and Columns to import
- Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
- Click Execute to import the data
Live Access to Google Cloud Storage Data from Spreadsheets
New, you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live Google Cloud Storage data from your Excel workbook. You can add more data to your workbook for calculations, aggregations, collaboration, and more.
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