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How To setup external data sources

How To setup external data sources

Owned by Hendrik van der Tuin
Last updated: Feb 15, 2021
2 min read

TDM offers the ability to add external data sources. With these data sources TDM offers the ability to display real-time information within your presentation. TDM offers support for the following external data sources:

  • Facebook

  • Twitter

  • Instagram

  • Yahoo Weather

  • Office365 Calendar

  • Google Calendar

  • Flickr

  • Yammer

  • LinkedIn

  • Exchange

  • Power BI

  • NS

  • Axis (People Counter camera)

  • HIKVision (People Counter camera)

Requirements

If you want to setup external data sources you need to meet the following requirements:

  • Have administrator access to the TDM designer

  • Have information available regarding external data sources you want to add

  1. Please login to the designer with an administrator account: https://designer.tdmsignage.com 


  2. Select “Config Panel”.

  3. Select the tab called “External Data”.

  4. Select the “+” button on the right side to create a new data source.

  5. In the pop-up which will open you can fill in a name for your data source and select the data source which you want to add. Once selected, click “Next” to see the steps which are needed for configuring the data source.

    Every data source has different values which need to be filled in to setup the data source. Further information on how to setup the data source can be found in the quick start-guide for that specific data source. We also added some information in the page once you select your data source and select “Next“.

You can use the following link to download this manual as a PDF-file.

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