Access Live Neo4J Data in Excel (Desktop) via Connect AI

Microsoft Excel is a widely used spreadsheet software application, primarily used for tasks related to data management, analysis, and visualization. When combined with CData Connect AI, you gain immediate access to Neo4J data directly within Excel, facilitating data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more.This article shows how to connect to Neo4J in your Connect AI instance and access live Neo4J data in Excel spreadsheets.

CData Connect AI provides a pure cloud-to-cloud interface for Neo4J, allowing you to easily access live Neo4J 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 Neo4J, leveraging server-side processing to quickly return Neo4J data.

Configure Neo4J Connectivity for Excel

Connectivity to Neo4J from Excel is made possible through CData Connect AI. To work with Neo4J data from Excel, we start by creating and configuring a Neo4J connection.

1. Log into Connect AI, click Sources, and then click Add Connection

2. Select "Neo4J" from the Add Connection panel

3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Neo4J.

   To connect to Neo4j, set the following connection properties:

   • Server: The server hosting the Neo4j instance.
   • Port: The port on which the Neo4j service is running. The provider connects to port 7474 by default.
   • User: The username of the user using the Neo4j instance.
   • Password: The password of the user using the Neo4j instance.
   
4. Click Save & Test
5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Neo4J Connection page and update the User-based permissions.

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Neo4J data from Excel.

Access Live Neo4J Data in Excel

The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect AI from Excel to access live Neo4J 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 CData Connect AI Add-In and install the Add-in.
4. Click Data and open the CData Connect AI Add-In.
5. In the Add-In panel, click Authorize to authenticate with your CData Connect AI instance
6. In the CData Connect AI panel in Excel, click Import
7. Choose a Connection (e.g. Neo4j1), Table (e.g. ProductCategory), and Columns to import
8. Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
9. Click Execute to import the data

Live Access to Neo4J Data from Cloud Applications

Now, you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live Neo4J data from your Excel workbook. You can add more data to your workbook for calculations, aggregations, collaboration, and more.

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