How to display a Live Excel in digital signage?

This page will explain you how to show a Google spreadsheet (which is like a live Microsoft Excel sheet) in your digital signage using our online Studio. If you need to show an Excel file, you better convert it into a Google spreadsheet and then follow the next procedure.
Of course, if you upload an Excel file as is, it will be converted to JPG images, where each one reflects either a whole sheet or part of a big sheet. But that’s not a live document.

1. Go to the Google Drive and create a new Google spreadsheet.
2. Add your data to the spreadsheet.
3. Share the spreadsheet with another Google account user.
4. In the sharing dialogue, you should see the “Get shareable link” option. Click it.
5. The link will appear below. Copy the link to the clipboard.
6. In the NoviSign Studio, compose a new composed creative and drag an embed widget to the canvas.
7. Set the URL property of the embed widget to the one which is in your clipboard (the shareable link from step 5).
8. Set the “Reload Interval” property of the web page Widget to 1 or 2 minutes.
9. In the media player, when this creative is played for the first time, instead of showing you the spreadsheet, you might see Google account login page.
10. Type the credentials of the user that you shared this spreadsheet with in step 3. If you want to save the frustrating typing with the popping-in-and-out-Android-keyboard, you better share the spreadsheet (in step 3) with the user which is defined on the media player.
11. The player should ask if it can store the credentials. Choose yes. The credentials are stored in the browser of the device and NoviSign won’t have to obtain them again.

Learn how to make the most of the Table Widget to display spreadsheet data on your digital signage screens.
This tutorial covers:

• How to format and organize your table for clear on-screen presentation

• Using an API source to dynamically show real-time data

• Importing and displaying structured data from a CSV file

• Adjusting column settings and applying styling options

• Best practices to ensure readability and visual appeal

Whether you’re displaying schedules, metrics, or structured content, this video will guide you through creating an effective and attractive table display.