I want to know if there is any update in latest looker version about connecting looker to google sheet directly? if yes then can someone please help me with the steps to do the same.
One simple way is to connect Google Sheet directly to your database.
Here's an example to Looker's internal use case:
https://help.looker.com/hc/en-us/articles/360023860613-How-to-use-Google-Spreadsheets-to-Input-Data-into-Looker
The example is based on MySQL, if you are connected to BigQuery - hosting a temporary table is also a fine option.
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I have Google Sheet which is schedule to run report daily and I have to create Dashboard in AWS QuickSight but I cant find any way to connect Google Sheet as a Data Source in QuickSight.
My google sheet's report is being populated from Google Analytics.
So, Is there any solution for this?
As per aws documentation, it seems we cannot directly integrate google sheets data as a datasource. The data either needs to be present in one of the Database or S3 or any relational data stores of aws.
We might need to make one of the following mechanisms :
Get the data in one of the relational database in aws through a script/cron and then pass it on to QuickSight for analysis.
Get the file in S3 through a script/cron and then pass it on to QuickSight for analysis.
Reference : https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/supported-data-sources.html
You can use a third party product to fill the gap:
https://skyvia.com/data-integration/analyze-google-sheets-with-quicksight
Or any of the other connector that link Analytics with Quicksight, there are plenty such as this:
https://www.dataddo.com/integration/google-analytics/amazon-aurora
I am trying to have a live connection from google sheet to Power BI. Unfortunately, I could not find a simpler way to do so without compromising security. BigQuery seems a good solution since it will connect to both.
I have no experience with BigQuery or SQL. I was able to connect my sheet to BigQuery. However, I was not able to push it to power BI properly. I have one line query to select table from google sheets and when I save the results and connect to Power BI the data will not update if changes happen to the google sheets.
Could you please give me some guidance on the matter and if it is possible. I am testing this in my personal account and if this works I will implement on my work corporate google account.
I am trying to build this app where I am planning to store my data in a Firestore database. My client needs the data in a Google Sheet.
Can I use Cloud Function to directly populate the records from Firestore to a Google Sheet and whenever a new record will be added to the Firestore, Google Sheet will be updated automatically?
Can anybody suggest any resource that can help on this topic?
Yes, you can use cloud function with Firestore trigger that is notified when your firestore document is changed, in the function you would call google API to update google sheets.
You can find an example of end to end tested cloud function app with firestore triggers.
While the other options provide ways to do it with code, you may want to also look into using a service like Zapier which takes about 30 seconds to set up and requires zero coding.
Setting Firebase updates to trigger to Google Sheets is supported out of the box and should do what you want really easily.
Check this link:
https://zapier.com/app-directory/firebase/integrations/google-sheets
The best way would be to create a service account that can communicate between the Firestore database and the Google Cloud function. The Google Cloud Function can then update a Google Sheet using the Google Sheets API. As for resources to put you on the right track:
How to read/write to a google sheet.
Service account docs.
And lastly, I found this similar case that should answer any other questions you have.
I want to connect a Google Sheets to a new BigQuery table that populates and updates the data automatically from Sheets to BigQuery. I'm using this tutorial from Google itself to do the setup.
My problem: the table connected with spreadsheet was created empty so I had to query it and save the result as another table to see and use the data.
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I'm not expert in these things but does not seems to be the best way to do it. I found some spreadsheet add-ons but I'm trying to avoid them.
Any ideas what's the best way to do this kind of setup/connection?
I had to configure each column manually
BigQuery provides a variety of tools which make it pretty simple to connect the external table to BigQuery.
One option is to simply use the WebUi and the Auto Detect option which help you not to enter each column manually
This works perfectly for me also when inserting and adding data to the external table.
You can refer to BigQuery official manual on an external table for more help
I have Team of 15 people updating there data of call backs and other info in the Microsoft Excel
Now i want to use Google Sheets for Real time data. So i want all of them to use a Google Sheet and a Team leader should have the updates when ever they are updating the there own sheets. Everyone should have there own passwords to open there but an Admin should have access to all of there data in those sheets. I hope you understood my needs. I know its possible with Google Sheets but i don,t know how to prepare one as am new to this platform.
Please Help.
If you use
=importrange("sheet url", "range you want to import")
on a separate sheet, it will update dynamically as they change things - I have done this specifically with remote employees previously