Connecting to Azure Table Storage

Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to Azure Table Storage and configure any necessary connection properties. You can create a connection profile by clicking Get Data and selecting From Azure Table Storage on the CData ribbon.

Advanced Configurations

You can also configure add-in capabilities through the available Connection properties, from data modeling to firewall traversal. The Advanced Settings section shows how to set up more advanced add-in configurations and troubleshoot connection errors.

Configuring a Connection Profile

You can configure access control in a connection profile by defining the operations allowed against Azure Table Storage data and store the profile in the workbook to make the workbook easy to share. See Managing Connections for more configuration options for connection profiles.

Connecting from Excel

The add-in adds controls to the Excel ribbon, standard Excel formulas, and VBA classes for writing macros.

Azure Table Storage Version Support

The version support for Azure Table Storage varies based on the add-in configuration.

If Backend is set to CosmosDB, the add-in uses version 2019-02-02 of the Azure CosmosDB REST API.

If Backend is set to "AzureStack", "Storage", or "Emulator", then the API version used depends on the AuthScheme connection property:

• AuthScheme=AzureAD: The add-in uses version 2017-11-09 of the Azure Storage REST API.
• AuthScheme=AccessKey: The add-in uses version 2014-02-14 of the Azure Storage REST API.
• AuthScheme=SharedAccessSignature: The add-in uses the version of the Azure Storage REST API that is specified in the "sv" parameter in the shared access key.
  • For example, if your shared access key has the value "sv=2018-03-28", the version used will be 2018-03-28.

See Also

• See Using the Excel Add-In to work with Azure Table Storage data from the CData ribbon.
• By Writing Parameterized Queries in the From Azure Table Storage dialog, you can easily create a dynamic spreadsheet based on an underlying SQL SELECT query. Cell values provide the query's input parameters.
• Use the CData Excel Functions to execute multiple queries from the same sheet or to use cells and ranges to manipulate Azure Table Storage data.
• See Using the Excel Add-In (VBA) to write macros that can automate any of the capabilities available on the ribbon.