Access Live RSS Feeds 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 RSS feeds 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 RSS within your Connect AI instance and accessing live RSS feeds in Excel for the web spreadsheets, whether for viewing or updating purposes.

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

Configure RSS Connectivity for Excel

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

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

2. Select "RSS" from the Add Connection panel

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

   You can connect to RSS and Atom feeds, as well as feeds with custom extensions. To connect to a feed, set the URL property. You can also access secure feeds. A variety of authentication mechanisms are supported. See the help documentation for details.

   
4. Click Save & Test
5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add RSS Connection page and update the User-based permissions.

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to RSS feeds from Excel for the web.

Access Live RSS Feeds in Excel for the web

The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect AI from Excel to access live RSS feeds.

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 CData Connect Spreadsheets Add-In and install the Add-in.
4. Click Data and open the CData Connect Spreadsheets Add-In.
5. In the Add-In panel, click Login or Sign-up to authenticate with your CData Connect AI instance
6. In the CData Connect Spreadsheets panel in Excel, click Import
7. Choose a Connection (e.g. RSS1), Table (e.g. Latest News), and Columns to import
8. Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
9. Click Execute to import the data

Live Access to RSS Feeds from Cloud Applications

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

Try CData Connect AI and get real-time data access to hundreds of SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources directly from your cloud applications.