Show Google Sheets Data Live on a TV Screen

To show Google Sheets data on a TV, either open the sheet full screen (gridlines and small text) or connect it to signage software as a data source and place its values in a designed screen. The second way looks like a sign: whoever edits the sheet changes the screen, without opening the signage software. Use it for prices, targets, rotas, room bookings and league tables.

In Brix, connect the sheet on the Data sources tab of Templates, then put its fields into a design. Brix re-reads a connected sheet about every two hours; the refresh button in the design pulls it at once.

Connect a Google Sheet as a data source

Select Templates, then the Data sources tab.
Select Add Source beside Celebrations, Event centers or Point of sale, whichever fits your columns. Each card names the columns Brix expects.
Select Google Sheets in the Data Source row.
Choose how Brix reads the sheet: Connect my Google account, Share the sheet with Brix (share it with the address the dialog shows, as Viewer), or Anyone with the link.
Pick the sheet, or paste the sheet link into Google Sheets URL.
Type a name into Source Name and select Add Source.

Adding a Google Sheet as a data source, with the ways Brix can read it.

Anyone with the link makes the sheet readable by anybody who has the link. Do not use it for personal data such as staff birthdays.

Put the sheet's values on the screen

Select Templates, then the Your designs tab, and open a design.
Select Data in the toolbar above the canvas.
Pick your source in the Data source list. The source type and record count appear under the list.
Type into Search fields, then select the field you want. Each row shows a sample value.
Drag the new field box into position on the canvas and style it in the Box tab of the right rail.

The Data flyout above the design canvas, with the Data source list set to None. Static design.

A source that never synced reports no bindable fields: select the refresh button beside the Data source list. To put the finished design on a screen, read put content on a screen. To build the design itself, read design a sign.

Update the screen now

Open the design and select Data in the toolbar.
Select the refresh button beside the Data source list and wait for the spinner to stop.

The refresh re-syncs the shared source, so every design and app bound to it reads the new data. To unbind a design, select the unlink button next to the list (or choose None. Static design). The source stays in your workspace.

Show a CSV file, a JSON feed or a connected account

Upload a CSV or JSON list. Select Add Source beside Celebrations, Event centers or Point of sale, type a name, select Download CSV template to see the columns, drop your file on the upload box, check the preview and select Add Source. An upload is a snapshot; for data that keeps changing, use a Google Sheet or a hosted CSV address.
A public JSON address. Select Add Source beside the API endpoints section, type a Source Name, paste the address into Endpoint URL (add an Auth token if the feed needs a bearer token) and select Test connection. Read the sample response, then select Add Source.
A test feed to practice with. In the Test APIs section, select Install beside London Underground line status, NBA scores, Hacker News top stories or USGS earthquakes. Install also syncs it. Point at the green Synced pill and select it (it reads Unsync) to remove the source; a design bound to it loses its fields.
A point-of-sale or business system. Select Add Source beside Point of sale, Event centers or Business KPIs, choose Request access, pick your system and select Register interest. Brix connects to Toast, Square and Clover and our team sets it up with you: see Toast, Square and Clover POS integration. For Momentus, see event centers.
A signed-in account. Under Connected accounts, select Connect on a provider card (Facebook & Instagram, TikTok, Google Business, Google Calendar, private Google Sheets, Microsoft 365 or Viva Engage) and sign in. Viva Engage and Microsoft 365 Calendar may need your IT administrator's approval first. YouTube and X take your own credentials instead (a YouTube Data API v3 key with a channel ID, or an X app-only bearer token). Disconnect on a row removes the account, and apps pointed at it stop showing live data.

The Add API endpoints Source dialog, with the Source Name, the Endpoint URL, the optional Auth token and the Test connection button.

For apps driven by a source, read add on-screen apps. For birthdays and anniversaries, read celebration app.