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

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 Salesforce Pardot Connectivity for Excel

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

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

   Salesforce Pardot supports connecting through API Version, Username, Password and User Key.

   • ApiVersion: The Salesforce Pardot API version which the provided account can access. Defaults to 4.
   • User: The Username of the Salesforce Pardot account.
   • Password: The Password of the Salesforce Pardot account.
   • UserKey: The unique User Key for the Salesforce Pardot account. This key does not expire.
   • IsDemoAccount (optional): Set to TRUE to connect to a demo account.

   Accessing the Pardot User Key

   The User Key of the current account may be accessed by going to Settings -> My Profile, under the API User Key row.

4. Click Create & Test

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

Access Live Salesforce Pardot Data in Excel for the web

The steps below outline connecting to Connect Spreadsheets from Excel to access live Salesforce Pardot 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. SalesforcePardot1), Table (e.g. Prospects), and Columns to import
8. Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
9. Click Execute to import the data

Update Salesforce Pardot Data from Excel

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

1. Update any cell or cells with changes you want to push to Salesforce Pardot
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 Salesforce Pardot

A notification will appear when the update is complete

Live Access to Salesforce Pardot Data from Spreadsheets

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

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