Access Live Amazon S3 Data in Excel (Desktop)

Microsoft Excel is a widely used spreadsheet software application, primarily used for tasks related to data management, analysis, and visualization. When combined with Connect Spreadsheets by CData, you gain immediate access to Amazon S3 data directly within Excel, facilitating data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more. This article shows how to connect to Amazon S3 in Connect Spreadsheets and access live Amazon S3 data in Excel spreadsheets.

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.

Configure Amazon S3 Connectivity for Excel

Connectivity to Amazon S3 from Excel is made possible through Connect Spreadsheets. To work with Amazon S3 data from Excel, we start by creating and configuring a Amazon S3 connection.

1. Log into Connect Spreadsheets, click Connections and click Add Connection
2. Select "Amazon S3" from the Add Connection panel
3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Amazon S3.

   To authorize Amazon S3 requests, provide the credentials for an administrator account or for an IAM user with custom permissions. Set AccessKey to the access key Id. Set SecretKey to the secret access key.

   Note: You can connect as the AWS account administrator, but it is recommended to use IAM user credentials to access AWS services.

   For information on obtaining the credentials and other authentication methods, refer to the Getting Started section of the Help documentation.

4. Click Create & Test
5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Amazon S3 Connection page and update the User-based permissions.

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Amazon S3 data from Excel.

Access Live Amazon S3 Data in Excel

The steps below outline connecting to Connect Spreadsheets from Excel to access live Amazon S3 data.

1. Open Excel, create a new sheet (or open an existing one).
2. Click Insert and click Get Add-ins. (if you have already installed the Add-In, jump to step 4).
3. Search for Connect Spreadsheets and install the Add-in.
4. Click Data and open the CData Connect Spreadsheets Add-In.
5. In the Add-In panel, click "Log in" to authenticate with your Connect Spreadsheets account
6. In the Connect Spreadsheets panel in Excel, click Import
7. Choose a Connection (e.g. AmazonS31), Table (e.g. ObjectsACL), and Columns to import
8. Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
9. Click Execute to import the data and opt to overwrite the existing sheet or create a new one.

Live Access to Amazon S3 Data from Spreadsheet Apps

New, you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live Amazon S3 data from your Excel workbook. You can add more data to your workbook for calculations, aggregations, collaboration, and more.

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