Introduction

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 an Exchange service account available
Make sure the service account has access to the resources you want to add

How To setup an Exchange data source

Login to the designer with an administrator account: https://designer.tdmsignage.com
Select “Config Panel”.
Select the tab called “External Data”
Select the “+” button on the right side to create a new data source.
In the pop-up which will open you can fill in a name for your data source and select “Exchange”. Once selected, click “Next”.
In the next window fill in your username and password you want to use to connect to Exchange.
The Exchange URL needs to point to the exchange.asmx file of the Exchange server.
This URL usually looks like this: https://exchange.server.com/ews/exchange.asmx

Please replace <exchange.server.com> with the address of your Exchange server.

In the dropdown menu you can select to either use a calendar from the user or if you want to use a room resource. After selecting the desired type press “Save”.
If you select calendars, select your desired calendar in the new window and press save again. If you selected Rooms, fill in the address for the room resource and press “Save”.

You have now successfully created your Exchange datasource, in case you want to add multiple Exchange data sources you can repeat the steps from this manual.