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⇱ Access Live LinkedIn Ads Data in Excel for the Web (Excel 365/Online) through Connect Spreadsheets

Access Live LinkedIn Ads Data in Excel for the Web (Excel 365/Online) through Connect Spreadsheets

👁 Cameron Leblanc
Cameron Leblanc
Senior Technology Evangelist
Connect to LinkedIn Ads data from Excel 365 Online (Excel for the web) with Connect Spreadsheets.

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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 LinkedIn Ads data directly within Excel, facilitating data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more. This article shows how to connect to LinkedIn Ads in Connect Spreadsheets and access live LinkedIn Ads 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.

This setup requires a Connect Spreadsheets instance and the Connect Spreadsheets Add-In for Excel. To get started, sign up a free trial of Connect Spreadsheets and install the free Connect Spreadsheets Excel Add-In.


Configure LinkedIn Ads Connectivity for Excel

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

  1. Log into Connect Spreadsheets, click Sources and click Add Connection 👁 Adding a Connection
  2. Select "LinkedIn Ads" from the Add Connection panel 👁 Selecting a data source
  3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to LinkedIn Ads.

    LinkedIn Ads uses the OAuth authentication standard. OAuth requires the authenticating user to interact with LinkedIn using the browser. See the OAuth section in the Help documentation for a guide.

    👁 Configuring a connection (Salesforce is shown)
  4. Click Create & Test

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

Access Live LinkedIn Ads Data in Excel for the web

The steps below outline connecting to Connect Spreadsheets from Excel to access live LinkedIn Ads 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. 👁 Install the Add-In
  4. Back in Excel, open the Data ribbon select and click the CData Connect Spreadsheets "Get Data" button. 👁 Open Add in panel
  5. In the Add-In panel, click "Log in" to sign into and authenticate with your Connect Spreadsheets account 👁 Authorizing the Add-In
  6. In the Connect Spreadsheets panel in Excel, click Import 👁 Connect Spreadsheets panel in Excel
  7. Choose a Connection (e.g. LinkedInAds1), Table (e.g. Analytics), and Columns to import 👁 Connect Spreadsheets panel in Excel
  8. Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit 👁 Choosing a Connection, Table, and Columns
  9. Click Execute to import the data 👁 Executing the Query

Live Access to LinkedIn Ads Data from Spreadsheets

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

👁 Imported data (Salesforce is shown)

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