Access Live Trello Data in Excel (Desktop) via Connect AI

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 AI, you gain immediate access to Trello data directly within Excel, facilitating data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more.This article shows how to connect to Trello in your Connect AI instance and access live Trello data in Excel spreadsheets.

CData Connect AI provides a pure cloud-to-cloud interface for Trello, allowing you to easily access live Trello data in Excel for the web. Simply use the Connect AI Add-In to query live data (or write your own). Using optimized data processing out of the box, CData Connect AI pushes all supported query operations (filters, JOINs, etc) directly to Trello, leveraging server-side processing to quickly return Trello data.

Configure Trello Connectivity for Excel

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

1. Log into Connect AI, click Sources, and then click Add Connection
👁 Adding a Connection

2. Select "Trello" from the Add Connection panel
👁 Selecting a data source

3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Trello.

   Trello uses token-based authentication to grant third-party applications access to their API. When a user has granted an application access to their data, the application is given a token that can be used to make requests to Trello's API.

   Trello's API can be accessed in 2 different ways. The first is using Trello's own Authorization Route, and the second is using OAuth1.0.

   • Authorization Route: At the moment of registration, Trello assigns an API key and Token to the account. See the Help documentation for information on how to connect via the Authorization route.
   • OAuth Route: Similar to using Authorization, OAuth creates an Application Id and Secret when you create your account. See the Help documentation for information on how to to connect.
   👁 Configuring a connection (Salesforce is shown)
   
4. Click Save & Test
5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Trello Connection page and update the User-based permissions. 👁 Updating permissions
   

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

Access Live Trello Data in Excel

The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect AI from Excel to access live Trello 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 AI Add-In and install the Add-in. 👁 Install the Add-In
   
4. Click Data and open the CData Connect AI Add-In.
5. In the Add-In panel, click Authorize to authenticate with your CData Connect AI instance 👁 Authorizing the Add-In
   
6. In the CData Connect AI panel in Excel, click Import 👁 CData Connect AI panel in Excel
   
7. Choose a Connection (e.g. Trello1), Table (e.g. Boards), and Columns to import 👁 CData Connect AI 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 Trello Data from Cloud Applications

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

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