Syncing with Microsoft Excel Sheets

This tutorial will walk through how to sync a data source with your local Microsoft Excel Sheet.

Syncing to the latest batch

Step 1: Obtain your data source unique ID

The DATA SOURCE UNIQUE ID is the unique identifier of the data source on the platform. It could be found on the Settings Tab of your data source page (see illustration below).

Step 2: Create an internet query file (.iqy)

Open your local text editor and create a file with an .iqy extension. Insert the following syntax into the file and replace the value for {{DATA_SOURCE_UNIQUE_ID}}}. 

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http://cache.getdata.io/{{DATA_SOURCE_UNIQUE_ID}}}/latest_all.html

Selection=2
Formatting=All
PreFormattedTextToColumns=True
ConsecutiveDelimitersAsOne=True
SingleBlockTextImport=False
DisableDateRecognition=False
DisableRedirections=False

Step 3: Import data into your excel sheet

Open the excel sheet that you want to sync your data with and import the .iqy file

Step 4: Complete

Once the .iqy has been selected, you should see the latest batch of data being displayed within the cells. (see illustration below)

Step 5: Refreshing Data

When there are new batches of data available, simply refresh your excel sheet to fetch the latest.

Syncing to a specific batch

Step 1: Retrieve data batch

You can indicate the batch of data you want on the Data Set Preview Tab

Step 2: Fetch data batch URL

Obtain the URL to the data in the format you want

Step 2: Create an internet query file (.iqy)

Open your local text editor and create a file with an .iqy extension. Insert the following syntax into the file and replace the values for {{DATA_SOURCE_UNIQUE_ID}}} and BATCH_TIME_STAMP. 

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http://cache.getdata.io/{{DATA_SOURCE_UNIQUE_ID}}}/{{BATCH_TIME_STAMP}}_all.html

Selection=2
Formatting=All
PreFormattedTextToColumns=True
ConsecutiveDelimitersAsOne=True
SingleBlockTextImport=False
DisableDateRecognition=False
DisableRedirections=False

Step 3: Import data into your excel sheet

Open the excel sheet that you want to sync your data with and import the .iqy file

Step 4: Complete

Once the .iqy has been selected, you should see the latest batch of data being displayed within the cells. (see illustration below)

Step 5: Refreshing Data

When there are new batches of data available, simply refresh your excel sheet to fetch the latest.

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