Creating a Data Feed from an External Source

A Data Feed can be created by importing and keeping data in sync from external data sources.

The Data Feed can connect to:

  • RSS
  • CSV
  • built-in Exchange Rate
  • Facebook
  • Google Sheets
  • iCal
  • Instagram
  • JSON
  • XML

To create a Data Feed from an external source:

  1. Go to the Content tab.
  2. Click on the “New” Button.
  3. Select “Data Feed”.
    new data feed
  4. Give the Data Feed a name and select “Data Feed From Source”.
  5. Select the type of data you will import. In this case “RSS”.
  6. Enter the Data Source URL, for example, http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss.
data feed from source

Here is an example of a Data Feed after importing an external RSS feed.

filled data feed

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