How to Add Telegram Messages in Microsoft Excel Using Pabbly Connect

Learn how to integrate Telegram messages into Microsoft Excel with Pabbly Connect. Follow this detailed tutorial for step-by-step guidance. Discover hidden automation capabilities within your existing tools. This guide shows you how to connect your essential applications and permanently eliminate redundant manual processes.

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1. Accessing Pabbly Connect for Telegram and Excel Integration

To integrate Telegram messages into Microsoft Excel, start by accessing Pabbly Connect. This powerful automation tool allows you to connect various applications without any programming knowledge.

Visit the Pabbly Connect landing page by searching for it in your browser. Once there, you’ll see options to sign in or sign up. New users can click on ‘Sign up for free’ to get started with 100 tasks free every month. Existing users should click on ‘Sign in’ to access their dashboard.

2. Creating a Workflow in Pabbly Connect

After signing in, you will see all the Pabbly apps. Click on ‘Access Now’ for Pabbly Connect. To create a new workflow, click on the ‘Create Workflow’ button. You’ll need to name your workflow and choose a folder to save it.

• Name your workflow: How to Add Telegram Messages in Microsoft Excel
• Select the folder: Automations

Once you click ‘Create’, you’ll be directed to the workflow window where you can set up triggers and actions. Here, select Telegram as your trigger application to initiate the workflow when a new message is received.

3. Setting Up the Telegram Trigger in Pabbly Connect

In the workflow window, select Telegram as the trigger application. Choose the trigger event ‘Set Webhook /w Updates’. Click on ‘Connect’ to establish a connection with your Telegram bot.

If you haven’t connected your Telegram bot account yet, click ‘Add New Connection’. You will need a token from Telegram, which you can get by using the BotFather. Type /newbot in the BotFather chat and follow the prompts to create a new bot.

• Search for BotFather in Telegram.
• Use the command /newbot to create a bot.
• Copy the token provided and paste it into Pabbly Connect.

After pasting the token, click ‘Save and Send Test Request’ to ensure the connection is successful. This step is crucial for capturing new messages sent to your Telegram bot.

4. Formatting Telegram Data with Pabbly Connect

After successfully setting up the Telegram trigger, the next step is to format the incoming message data. For this, add a new action step and select ‘Text Formatter by Pabbly’. This tool helps in extracting specific details from the Telegram messages. using Pabbly Connect

Choose the action event ‘Text Parser’. Map the incoming message text from the Telegram trigger. You will need to specify the text match criteria to extract the task name, description, assigning, and due date from the message.

Set ‘Text Match After’ to the keyword before the data you want to extract. Set ‘Text Match Before’ to the keyword after the data you want to extract.

Repeat this process for each piece of data you wish to extract. After mapping all necessary fields, click ‘Save and Send Test Request’ to verify that your data is being parsed correctly.

5. Adding Data to Excel Using Pabbly Connect

Once the data is formatted, it’s time to add it to Microsoft Excel. Add another action step in your workflow and select Microsoft Excel as the application. Choose the action event ‘Add Row to Worksheet’.

Connect your Microsoft Excel account to Pabbly Connect. If you have not connected it yet, click on ‘Add New Connection’ and follow the prompts to grant necessary permissions.

Select the workbook named ‘Telegram Messages’. Map the fields from the previous steps to the corresponding columns in your worksheet.

After mapping all the fields, click ‘Save and Send Test Request’. Check your Microsoft Excel sheet to confirm that the new data has been added successfully, indicating that your workflow is functioning as intended.

Conclusion

In conclusion, using Pabbly Connect allows you to seamlessly integrate Telegram messages into Microsoft Excel. By following the steps outlined in this tutorial, you can automate the process of adding new messages to your Excel sheet efficiently.