Access Live MariaDB 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 MariaDB data directly within Excel, facilitating data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more. This article shows how to connect to MariaDB in Connect Spreadsheets and access and update live MariaDB 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 MariaDB Connectivity for Excel

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

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

   The Server and Port properties must be set to a MariaDB 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, the tables from all databases are reported.

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

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

Access Live MariaDB Data in Excel

The steps below outline connecting to Connect Spreadsheets from Excel to access live MariaDB 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. MariaDB1), Table (e.g. Orders), 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.

Update MariaDB Data from Excel

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

1. Update any cell or cells with changes you want to push to MariaDB (your changes will be in red)
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 MariaDB

A notification will appear when the update is complete

Live Access to MariaDB Data from Spreadsheet Apps

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

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