Connecting to Google Spreadsheets from Xcelsius

Is there a way to connect to a Google Spreadsheet as the data source from Xcelsius? One [blogpost|http://www.unchartedblog.com/2009/04/24/connecting-xcelsius-to-google-spreadsheets/] describes how to make the connection using the Google Spreadsheet Connector in Xcelsius Web 2.0 components add-on, but it requires the Google Spreadsheet to be published and publicaly accessible. Which we can't do due to security concerns.
Any thoughts?

Hello,
I think I know how you can achieve exactly what you want. In our organisation I have integrated Google Spreadsheets with BO Dashboards in a neat and hassle free way. We can even schedule the data extraction from Google Spreadsheets to SAP BO and can also fetch data from other Google apps such as Google Calendar into SAP BO. The best part is it's free, no third party software/ licensing involved (other than Microsoft, of course).
I'll be publishing a document on this on SCN soon (hopefully within this week) and shall paste the link to the doc here when it's ready.
Regards,
Sagar Dixit.

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The last time (at least a year ago) that I looked at the Google WS api, this is all you needed:
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Hope that helps?
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You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up. Confirm. Quit Terminal.
Do not type anything into the Terminal window except your password.
That will fix your hosts file. You can now close the “etc” folder and delete the hosts file on your Desktop. Unless you know how the file was modified, I can’t guarantee that no other damage has been done to your system.

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