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Access Live OData Services in Google Sheets


Use Connect Spreadsheets by CData to gain access to live OData services from your Google Sheets.

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Your Connect Cloud account includes Connect Spreadsheets, so you can use the instructions below. You can expect minor differences when referencing the Connect Spreadsheet platform, but the principles still apply!


Google Sheets is a web-based spreadsheet program provided by Google. When integrated with Connect Spreadsheets by CData, you can effortlessly gain access to OData services directly within Google Sheets for tasks such as data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more. This article offers a comprehensive guide on connecting to OData within Connect Spreadsheets and accessing live OData services seamlessly within Google Sheets.

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.

This setup requires a Connect Spreadsheets account and the Connect Spreadsheets Add-On for Google Sheets. To get started, sign up a free Connect Spreadsheets account and install the free Connect Spreadsheets Google Sheets Add-On.


About OData Data Integration

CData simplifies access and integration of live OData services data. Our customers leverage CData connectivity to:

  • Access OData versions 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0, working with legacy services and the latest features and capabilities.
  • Leverage advanced query options, including $filter, $select, and $expand, enhancing data retrieval from 3rd party tools.
  • Use Server-side execution of aggregation and grouping to minimize data transfer and boost performance.
  • Authenticate securely using a variety of schemes, including Azure AD, digest, negotiate, NTLM, OAuth, and more means secure authentication with every connection.
  • Use SQL stored procedures to manage OData service entities - listing, creating, and removing associations between entities.

Customers use CData's solutions to regularly integrate their OData services with preferred tools, such as Power BI, MicroStrategy, or Tableau, and to replicate data from OData services to their databases or data warehouses.


Getting Started


Configure OData Connectivity for Google Sheets

Connectivity to OData from Google Sheets is made possible through Connect Spreadsheets. To work with OData services from Google Sheets, we start by creating and configuring a OData connection.

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

    The User and Password properties, under the Authentication section, must be set to valid OData user credentials. In addition, you will need to specify a URL to a valid OData server organization root or OData services file.

  4. Click Create & Test

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to OData services from Google Sheets.

Access Live OData Services from Google Sheets

The steps below outline connecting to Connect Spreadsheets from Google Sheets to access live OData services.

  1. Log into Google Sheets, create a new sheet (or open an existing one).
  2. Click Add-ons and click Get Add-ons (if you have already installed the Add-on, jump to step 5).
  3. Search for Connect Spreadsheets Add-On and install the Add-on.
  4. Authorize the Add-On.
  5. Back in Google Sheets, click Add-ons and open the Connect Spreadsheets Add-On.
  6. In the Add-On panel, click "Log in" to sign into and authenticate with your Connect Spreadsheets account
  7. In the Connect Spreadsheets panel in Google Sheets, click Import
  8. Choose a Connection (e.g. OData1), Table (e.g. Orders, and Columns to import
  9. Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
  10. Click Execute to import the data and opt to overwrite the existing sheet or create a new one.

Live Access to OData Services from Cloud Applications

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

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

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