Access Live MySQL 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 Cloud, you gain immediate access to MySQL 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 MySQL within your Connect Cloud instance and accessing live MySQL data in Excel for the web spreadsheets, whether for viewing or updating purposes.

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

Configure MySQL Connectivity for Excel

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

1. Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
2. Select "MySQL" from the Add Connection panel
3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to MySQL.

   The Server and Port properties must be set to a MySQL server. If IntegratedSecurity is set to false, then User and Password must be set to valid user credentials. Optionally, Database can be set to connect to a specific database. If not set, tables from all databases will be returned.

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

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

Access Live MySQL Data in Excel for the web

The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect Cloud from Excel to access live MySQL 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 Cloud Add-In and install the Add-in.
4. Click Data and open the CData Connect Cloud Add-In.
5. In the Add-In panel, click Authorize to authenticate with your CData Connect Cloud instance
6. In the CData Connect Cloud panel in Excel, click Import
7. Choose a Connection (e.g. MySQL1), Table (e.g. Orders), and Columns to import
8. Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
9. Click Execute to import the data

Update MySQL Data from Excel

In addition to viewing MySQL data in Excel, CData Connect Cloud also lets you update and delete MySQL data. Begin by importing data (as described above).

1. Update any cell or cells with changes you want to push to MySQL (your changes will be in red)
2. In the CData Connect Cloud Add-In panel, select Update
3. Optionally highlight the cell(s) you wish to update and select an update option ("Update All" or "Update Selected")
4. Click Execute to push the updates to MySQL

A notification will appear when the update is complete

Live Access to MySQL Data from Cloud Applications

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

Try CData Connect Cloud and get real-time data access to 100+ SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources directly from your cloud applications.