Access Live Square Data in Excel (Desktop) through Connect Spreadsheets

Microsoft Excel is a widely used spreadsheet software application, primarily used for tasks related to data management, analysis, and visualization. When combined with Connect Spreadsheets by CData, you gain immediate access to Square data directly within Excel, facilitating data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more. This article shows how to connect to Square in Connect Spreadsheets and access and update live Square data in Excel spreadsheets.

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 Square Connectivity for Excel

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

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

   Square uses the OAuth authentication standard. To authenticate using OAuth, register an app with Square to obtain the OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL. See the "Getting Started" chapter of the help documentation for a guide to using OAuth.

   Additionally, you must specify the LocationId. You can retrieve the Ids for your Locations by querying the Locations table. Alternatively, you can set the LocationId in the search criteria of your query.

   👁 Configuring a connection (Salesforce is shown)
   
4. Click Create & Test
5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Square Connection page and update the User-based permissions. 👁 Updating permissions
   

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

Access Live Square Data in Excel

The steps below outline connecting to Connect Spreadsheets from Excel to access live Square 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 Connect Spreadsheets and install the Add-in. 👁 Install the Add-In
   
4. Click Data and open the CData Connect Spreadsheets Add-In.
5. In the Add-In panel, click "Log in" to 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. Square1), Table (e.g. Refunds), 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 and opt to overwrite the existing sheet or create a new one. 👁 Executing the Query
   

Update Square Data from Excel

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

1. Update any cell or cells with changes you want to push to Square (your changes will be in red)
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") 👁 Executing the update (Salesforce is shown).
   
4. Click Execute to push the updates to Square

A notification will appear when the update is complete

Live Access to Square Data from Spreadsheet Apps

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

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