Access Live Vertica Data in Excel for the Web (Excel 365/Online) through Connect Spreadsheets
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Microsoft Excel for the web represents a cloud-native iteration of Microsoft Excel. When combined with Connect Spreadsheets by CData, you gain immediate access to Vertica data directly within Excel, facilitating data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more. This article shows how to connect to Vertica in Connect Spreadsheets and access and update live Vertica data in Excel spreadsheets online.
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 instance 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 Vertica Connectivity for Excel
Connectivity to Vertica from Excel is made possible through Connect Spreadsheets . To work with Vertica data from Excel, we start by creating and configuring a Vertica connection.
- Log into Connect Spreadsheets, click Sources and click Add Connection
- Select "Vertica" from the Add Connection panel
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Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Vertica.
Set the following connection properties to connect with Vertica.
- Server: Enter the host name or the IP address of the server that hosts the Vertica database.
- Port: Enter the port number for your Vertica database. The default port is 5433.
- User: Enter the username that you use to authenticate to the Vertica database.
- Password: Enter the password that you use to authenticate to the Vertica database.
- Database: Enter the name of the database hosted on your Vertica server.
- Click Create & Test
With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Vertica data from Excel for the web.
Access Live Vertica Data in Excel for the web
The steps below outline connecting to Connect Spreadsheets from Excel to access live Vertica 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 Connect Spreadsheets and click "Get it now" to install the Add-in.
- Back in Excel, open the Data ribbon select and click the CData Connect Spreadsheets "Get Data" button.
- In the Add-In panel, click "Log in" to sign into and authenticate with your Connect Spreadsheets account
- In the Connect Spreadsheets panel in Excel, click Import
- Choose a Connection (e.g. Vertica1), Table (e.g. MyTable), and Columns to import
- Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
- Click Execute to import the data
Update Vertica Data from Excel
In addition to viewing Vertica data in Excel, Connect Spreadsheets also lets you update and delete Vertica data. Begin by importing data (as described above).
- Update any cell or cells with changes you want to push to Vertica
- In the Connect Spreadsheets Add-In panel, select Update
- Optionally highlight the cell(s) you wish to update and select an update option ("Update All" or "Update Selected")
- Click Execute to push the updates to Vertica
A notification will appear when the update is complete.
Live Access to Vertica Data from Spreadsheets
New, you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live Vertica data from your Excel workbook. You can add more data to your workbook for calculations, aggregations, collaboration, and more.
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