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Use CData Connect Cloud to gain access to live Yahoo! Japan Data Solution data from your Excel spreadsheets.
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 Cloud, you gain immediate access to Yahoo! Japan Data Solution data directly within Excel, facilitating data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more.This article shows how to connect to Yahoo! Japan Data Solution in your Connect Cloud instance and access live Yahoo! Japan Data Solution data in Excel spreadsheets.
CData Connect Cloud provides a pure cloud-to-cloud interface for Yahoo! Japan Data Solution, allowing you to easily access live Yahoo! Japan Data Solution data in Excel for the web. Simply use the Connect Cloud Add-In to query live data (or write your own). Using optimized data processing out of the box, CData Connect Cloud pushes all supported query operations (filters, JOINs, etc) directly to Yahoo! Japan Data Solution, leveraging server-side processing to quickly return Yahoo! Japan Data Solution data.
This setup requires a CData Connect Cloud instance and the CData Connect Cloud Add-In for Excel. To get started, sign up a free trial of Connect Cloud and install the free Connect Cloud Excel Add-In.
Configure Yahoo! Japan Data Solution Connectivity for Excel
Connectivity to Yahoo! Japan Data Solution from Excel is made possible through CData Connect Cloud. To work with Yahoo! Japan Data Solution data from Excel, we start by creating and configuring a Yahoo! Japan Data Solution connection.
- Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
- Select "Yahoo! Japan Data Solution" from the Add Connection panel
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Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Yahoo! Japan Data Solution.
In order to authenticate, specify the following:
- AppID: The App ID used for authentication. Send a request to the Yahoo! Japan Data Solution support team to obtain your App ID.
- (Optional) Search Keyword: Specify any value to search for.
- Click Create & Test
- Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Yahoo! Japan Data Solution Connection page and update the User-based permissions.
With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Yahoo! Japan Data Solution data from Excel.
Access Live Yahoo! Japan Data Solution Data in Excel
The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect Cloud from Excel to access live Yahoo! Japan Data Solution 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 CData Connect Cloud Add-In and install the Add-in.
- Click Data and open the CData Connect Cloud Add-In.
- In the Add-In panel, click Authorize to authenticate with your CData Connect Cloud instance
- In the CData Connect Cloud panel in Excel, click Import
- Choose a Connection (e.g. YahooDS1), Table (e.g. SearchVolume), and Columns to import
- Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
- Click Execute to import the data
Live Access to Yahoo! Japan Data Solution Data from Cloud Applications
New, you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live Yahoo! Japan Data Solution data from your Excel workbook. You can add more data to your workbook for calculations, aggregations, collaboration, and more.

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