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.

For now, the Data Feed can connect to:

• RSS
• CSV
• XML
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Google Sheets
• And more!

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”.
   
4. Give the Data Feed you want to create 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, https://rss.cnn.com/rss/edition.rss
   Finally, there are two options to configure:
   • Keep data feed updated – This will automatically synchronize your Data Feed with the external source. This ensure new data at your external data source are automatically updated on your Data Feed.
   • Updates are automatically marked as approved – This will mark all data that is populated from the external source as “approved”

   In the particular cases of CSV and Google Sheets, keeping the data feed updated comes with a trade off. You can either:

   • • Keep data feed updated, but then you can’t edit the data feed on our platform manually anymore.

    

   OR

   • Not keep the data feed updated while having the option to manually edit the data feed.

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