Access Live Moosend Data in Excel 365 Online (Excel for the web)
Microsoft Excel for the web represents a cloud-native iteration of Microsoft Excel. When integrated with CData Connect AI, you gain immediate access to Moosend 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 Moosend within your Connect AI instance and accessing live Moosend data in Excel for the web spreadsheets, whether for viewing or updating purposes.
CData Connect AI provides a pure cloud-to-cloud interface for Moosend, allowing you to easily access live Moosend data in Excel for the web. Simply use the Connect AI Add-In to query live data (or write your own). Using optimized data processing out of the box, CData Connect AI pushes all supported query operations (filters, JOINs, etc) directly to Moosend, leveraging server-side processing to quickly return Moosend data.
This setup requires a CData Connect AI instance and the CData Connect AI Add-In for Excel. To get started, sign up a free trial of Connect AI and install the free Connect AI Excel Add-In.
Configure Moosend Connectivity for Excel
Connectivity to Moosend from Excel is made possible through CData Connect AI. To work with Moosend data from Excel, we start by creating and configuring a Moosend connection.
- Log into Connect AI, click Sources, and then click Add Connection
- Select "Moosend" from the Add Connection panel
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Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Moosend.
Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Moosend Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Moosend.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Moosend (see below).
Moosend API Profile Settings
Obtain your API key from the Settings page in your Moosend account dashboard.
- Click Save & Test
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Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Moosend Connection page and update the User-based permissions.
With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Moosend data from Excel for the web.
Access Live Moosend Data in Excel for the web
The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect AI from Excel to access live Moosend 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 CData Connect Spreadsheets Add-In and install the Add-in.
- Click Data and open the CData Connect Spreadsheets Add-In.
- In the Add-In panel, click Login or Sign-up to authenticate with your CData Connect AI instance
- In the CData Connect Spreadsheets panel in Excel, click Import
- Choose a Connection (e.g. API1), Table (e.g. Campaign), and Columns to import
- Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
- Click Execute to import the data
Live Access to Moosend Data from Cloud Applications
New, you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live Moosend data from your Excel workbook. You can add more data to your workbook for calculations, aggregations, collaboration, and more.
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