External Datasources

External data sources are helpful when you want to pull in data from outside platforms—such as Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel. This can be useful for displaying dynamic content like a restaurant menu or a contact list of your colleagues.

Create External Datasource

• Navigate to Settings > Datasources menu
• Select External Datasources
• Click on the button next to the External Datasources header
• Select the Datasource type you wish to use from the list
• Fill the necessary settings fields in the datasource editor modal
  • Each type of data source comes with its own specific set of configuration options
• After you finished the datasource configuration, click on the Save to create the datasource

After saving, your new datasource will appear in the list.

Datasource type selection

Upon creation, the type selector interface displays available data source types for selection.

External datasource types

• Calendar
• CAP
• File from URL
• Google Sheet
• JDBC
• JSON
• Microsoft Excel
• RSS
• Screenshot
• Sharepoint lists
• Toast
• User Active Directory
• Weather
• XML
• Other (Custom integrations)

Datasource state

Datasources can exist in several states that indicate whether they are currently in use or not:

• Active: The datasource is currently active and in use
• Inactive: The datasource has been manually deactivated

You can manually trigger activation by:

• Navigating to a datasource
• Click on the more button
• Select the Edit option
• Change the Active option

• Automatically Deactivated: The system has automatically disabled the datasource. This typically happens if the datasource is not used in any content, or if the content it’s linked to hasn’t been displayed on any screen for more than a week

You can reactivate a datasource by:

• Manually refreshing it
• Assigning the content that uses it to a device, or by opening a preview of that content