Access Live Adobe Commerce Data in Excel for the Web (Excel 365/Online)

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 Adobe Commerce data directly within Excel, facilitating data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more. This article shows how to connect to Adobe Commerce in Connect Spreadsheets and access and update live Adobe Commerce data in Excel spreadsheets online.

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Configure Adobe Commerce Connectivity for Excel

Connectivity to Adobe Commerce from Excel is made possible through Connect Spreadsheets . To work with Adobe Commerce data from Excel, we start by creating and configuring a Adobe Commerce connection.

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

   Adobe Commerce uses the OAuth 1 authentication standard. To connect to the Adobe Commerce REST API, you will need to obtain values for the OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL connection properties by registering an app with your Adobe Commerce system. See the "Getting Started" section in the help documentation for a guide to obtaining the OAuth values and connecting.

   You will also need to provide the URL to your Adobe Commerce system. The URL depends on whether you are using the Adobe Commerce REST API as a customer or administrator.

   • Customer: To use Adobe Commerce as a customer, make sure you have created a customer account in the Adobe Commerce homepage. To do so, click Account -> Register. You can then set the URL connection property to the endpoint of your Adobe Commerce system.

   • Administrator: To access Adobe Commerce as an administrator, set CustomAdminPath instead. This value can be obtained in the Advanced settings in the Admin menu, which can be accessed by selecting System -> Configuration -> Advanced -> Admin -> Admin Base URL.

     If the Use Custom Admin Path setting on this page is set to YES, the value is inside the Custom Admin Path text box; otherwise, set the CustomAdminPath connection property to the default value, which is "admin".

4. Click Create & Test

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

Access Live Adobe Commerce Data in Excel for the web

The steps below outline connecting to Connect Spreadsheets from Excel to access live Adobe Commerce 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 Connect Spreadsheets and click "Get it now" to install the Add-in.
4. Back in Excel, open the Data ribbon select and click the Connect Spreadsheets "Get Data" button.
5. In the Add-In panel, click "Log in" to sign into and authenticate with your Connect Spreadsheets account
6. In the Connect Spreadsheets panel in Excel, click Import
7. Choose a Connection (e.g. Adobe Commerce1), Table (e.g. Products), and Columns to import
8. Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
9. Click Execute to import the data

Update Adobe Commerce Data from Excel

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

1. Update any cell or cells with changes you want to push to Adobe Commerce
2. In the Connect Spreadsheets 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 Adobe Commerce

A notification will appear when the update is complete

Live Access to Adobe Commerce Data from Spreadsheets

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