Access Live SendInBlue Data in Excel (Desktop) through Connect Spreadsheets
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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 SendInBlue data directly within Excel, facilitating data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more. This article shows how to connect to SendInBlue in Connect Spreadsheets and access live SendInBlue 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.
This setup requires a Connect Spreadsheets account 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 SendInBlue Connectivity for Excel
Connectivity to SendInBlue from Excel is made possible through Connect Spreadsheets. To work with SendInBlue data from Excel, we start by creating and configuring a SendInBlue connection.
- Log into Connect Spreadsheets, click Connections and click Add Connection
- Select "SendInBlue" from the Add Connection panel
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Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to SendInBlue.
Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the SendInBlue Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\SendInBlue.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for SendInBlue (see below).
SendInBlue API Profile Settings
In your SendInBlue account, click your username in the top right, select SMTP & API, and copy your API key from that page.
- Click Create & Test
- Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add SendInBlue Connection page and update the User-based permissions.
With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to SendInBlue data from Excel.
Access Live SendInBlue Data in Excel
The steps below outline connecting to Connect Spreadsheets from Excel to access live SendInBlue data.
- Open Excel, create a new sheet (or open an existing one).
- Click Insert and click Get Add-ins. (if you have already installed the Add-In, jump to step 4).
- Search for Connect Spreadsheets and install the Add-in.
- Click Data and open the CData Connect Spreadsheets Add-In.
- In the Add-In panel, click "Log in" to authenticate with your Connect Spreadsheets account
- In the Connect Spreadsheets panel in Excel, click Import
- Choose a Connection (e.g. API1), Table (e.g. Account), and Columns to import
- Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
- Click Execute to import the data and opt to overwrite the existing sheet or create a new one.
Live Access to SendInBlue Data from Spreadsheet Apps
New, you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live SendInBlue data from your Excel workbook. You can add more data to your workbook for calculations, aggregations, collaboration, and more.
Try Connect Spreadsheets and get real-time data access to hundreds of SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources directly from Microsoft Excel.