Access Live Twitter Ads 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 Twitter Ads data directly within Excel, facilitating data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more.This article shows how to connect to Twitter Ads in your Connect Cloud instance and access live Twitter Ads data in Excel spreadsheets.

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

Configure Twitter Ads Connectivity for Excel

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

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

   All tables require authentication. You must use OAuth to authenticate with Twitter. OAuth requires the authenticating user to interact with Twitter using the browser. For more information, refer to the OAuth section in the Help documentation.

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

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

Access Live Twitter Ads Data in Excel

The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect Cloud from Excel to access live Twitter Ads 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. TwitterAds1), Table (e.g. AdStats), and Columns to import
8. Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
9. Click Execute to import the data

Live Access to Twitter Ads Data from Cloud Applications

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

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