Access Live Azure DevOps 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 CData Connect Cloud, you gain immediate access to Azure DevOps data directly within Excel, facilitating data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more.This article shows how to connect to Azure DevOps in your Connect Cloud instance and access live Azure DevOps data in Excel spreadsheets.

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

Configure Azure DevOps Connectivity for Excel

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

1. Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
2. Select "Azure DevOps" from the Add Connection panel
3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Azure DevOps. You can connect to your Azure DevOps account by providing the Organization and PersonalAccessToken.

   Obtaining a Personal Access Token

   A PersonalAccessToken is necessary for account authentication.

   To generate one, log in to your Azure DevOps Organization account and navigate to Profile -> Personal Access Tokens -> New Token. The generated token will be displayed.

   If you wish to authenticate to Azure DevOps using OAuth refer to the online Help documentation for an authentication guide.

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

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Azure DevOps data from Excel.

Access Live Azure DevOps Data in Excel

The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect Cloud from Excel to access live Azure DevOps 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 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. AzureDevOps1), Table (e.g. Builds), and Columns to import
8. Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
9. Click Execute to import the data

Live Access to Azure DevOps Data from Cloud Applications

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

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