Looker Studio Community Connectors
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Looker Studio Community Connectors enable direct connections from
Looker Studio to any internet accessible data
source.
You can develop and use Community Connectors to create reports and dashboards
with data from sources such as:
- Platforms for social media, CRM, search, finance, HR, advertising, etc.
- Public and other open data sets.
- Private company data.
- ...and any data source or service that can be accessed over the internet using
Apps Script.
You can use Google Apps Script and follow the
Looker Studio Connector specification to
develop a Community Connector. Any user can use your Community Connector
in Looker Studio to create reports and dashboards.
The typical development lifecycle of a Community Connector is as follows:
- Build a connector.
- Use and test the connector.
- Deploy the connector.
- Distribute the connector (Share or publish).
- Community connectors can be shared directly with any user and/or can be
submitted for inclusion in both the in-product gallery and the public
Looker Studio Connector Gallery
for any user to find and use.
Why build a connector
Community Connectors are powerful and easy to build
You can quickly build and deploy connectors using
Google Apps Script and take advantage of services and APIs such
as caching, storage, translation, JDBC services, etc.
If you build a Community Connector you can publish and promote it in the Looker
Studio Connector Gallery. All users can explore the gallery from
within Looker Studio. There is also a public
Connector Gallery viewable by
anyone.
Open data for everyone
Help bring Looker Studio users free and easy access to public and open data sets
around the world.
Provide significant value to your customers by building a Looker Studio Community
Connector. With a minimal development investment you can rely on Looker Studio
as a free and powerful reporting and analysis solution for your customers.
Looker Studio is free and Community Connectors are free to develop
You can build, deploy and distribute connectors for free. You and your users can
use the connectors for free in Looker Studio.
Next steps
Build your first Community Connector, read
Getting Started with Community Connectors.
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Last updated 2024-09-18 UTC.
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