Sign in to Oda in Excel

DataMind Oda in Excel signs in with your company's DataMind sign-in. This page shows how to sign in from the pane, how the pane keeps your sign-in on this computer, and what happens when you sign out.

Sign in from the pane

1. Open the DataMind Oda pane in your workbook. While it connects to your DataMind server, it shows Connecting to DataMind…; after that, when you are not signed in, it shows the sign-in screen.
2. Click Sign in to DataMind. A sign-in window opens and forwards to your company's DataMind sign-in. While the sign-in runs, the button reads Signing in….
3. Finish the sign-in in the window. When the sign-in completes, the window closes and the pane opens the chat.

If you close the sign-in window before finishing, the pane shows no message. Click Sign in to DataMind again to start over. A sign-in that is not finished within 5 minutes is stopped, and the pane shows Sign-in took too long and was stopped. Try again.

Stay signed in

• After you sign in, the pane remembers the sign-in on this computer, so the next time you open the pane it opens signed in.
• The pane renews your sign-in in the background as you work. If your DataMind server cannot be reached to renew it, you stay signed in and the pane asks you to check your connection and try again.
• If your DataMind server refuses to renew the sign-in, for example after it was revoked, the pane signs you out and shows the sign-in screen.
• In a locked-down environment where the pane cannot store the sign-in, it lasts only until the pane closes.

Sign out

Click Sign out in the pane header. While it works, the button reads Signing out…. Signing out:

1. Stops any reply in progress; an approval card that is still waiting is answered Don’t allow.
2. Deletes the Excel chats stored on this computer, for every workbook, and what Oda kept about them.
3. Signs you out of the pane on this computer and returns it to the sign-in screen.
4. Revokes the pane's sign-in on your DataMind server, so it cannot be renewed. If the server cannot be reached, you are still signed out on this computer.

Your workbooks keep everything that is in them: the data Oda wrote or pulled, the notes about each pull and the Mind you chose for the workbook. Signing out of the pane does not sign you out of DataMind OS in your browser or of the DataMind Oda app on your computer.

When another account signs in on this computer

The Excel chats on a computer belong to the account that made them. When a different DataMind account signs in to the pane, Oda first deletes the chats the previous account left on this computer, so one account never sees another's chats. If it cannot delete them, the pane does not start and shows Oda could not remove the chats another account left on this computer, so it did not start. Try again.

If a message appears

If the pane or the sign-in window shows a message while connecting, signing in, loading the model list, starting up or answering, Fix problems with Oda in Excel explains each message and what to do about it.

Questions, answered

Why did the sign-in stop on its own?

A sign-in that is not finished within 5 minutes is stopped, so the button never stays stuck on Signing in…. The pane shows Sign-in took too long and was stopped. Try again. Click Sign in to DataMind to start again.

Does closing the workbook or the pane sign me out?

No. After you sign in, the pane remembers the sign-in on this computer, so it opens signed in.

Do I have to sign in again in each workbook?

No. The sign-in is remembered on this computer, not per workbook, so the pane opens signed in in every workbook once you have signed in.

Do I need to sign in again on another computer?

Yes. The pane remembers your sign-in on the computer where you signed in; on another computer, sign in there too.

The pane asks me to sign in again even though I signed in before. Why?

Your DataMind server refused to renew the sign-in, for example because it was revoked or has expired, so the pane signed you out. Sign in again. In a locked-down environment where the pane cannot store the sign-in, it lasts only until the pane closes.

What does Sign out remove from my computer?

The Excel chats stored on this computer, for every workbook, and the sign-in itself. Your workbooks are not touched: the data in them, the notes about each pull and the Mind chosen for each workbook stay.

Does signing out of the pane sign me out of DataMind OS?

No. Sign out ends the pane's sign-in only, on this computer and on your DataMind server. Your DataMind OS session in the browser and the DataMind Oda app on your computer stay signed in.

Can I sign out after my access to Oda was removed?

Yes. Signing out needs only a working sign-in, not any DataMind Oda permission, so the pane's sign-in is still revoked on your DataMind server.

My earlier Excel chats are gone. Why?

Either you signed out, which deletes the Excel chats on this computer, or a different DataMind account signed in to the pane on this computer, which deletes the chats the previous account left.

Should I close the sign-in window when I finish signing in?

No. You do not need to: when the sign-in completes, the window closes and the pane opens the chat.