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

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

Configure ShipEngine Connectivity for Excel

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

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

2. Select "ShipEngine" from the Add Connection panel

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

   Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the ShipEngine Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\ShipEngine.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for ShipEngine (see below).

   ShipEngine API Profile Settings

   Retrieve your ShipEngine API Key from the Dashboard at app.shipengine.com under API Management.

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

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to ShipEngine data from Excel for the web.

Access Live ShipEngine Data in Excel for the web

The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect AI from Excel to access live ShipEngine data.

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. API1), Table (e.g. BatchErrors), and Columns to import
8. Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
9. Click Execute to import the data

Live Access to ShipEngine Data from Cloud Applications

New, you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live ShipEngine data 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.