Jason Brewster - January 31, 2018
Google Data Studio has opened their platform up to the public. Developers now can build Data Studio Community Connectors for various platforms outside of the Google ecosystem. These connectors can automate hours of manual reporting and can be used to reach across dozens of different platforms.
MoreVisibility has Data Studio product certification and can leverage data from third parties using connectors to develop more efficient, real time reporting. We use this platform to deliver beautiful reports to our clients externally and our internal stakeholders.
Below is a list of connectors from the three most prolific authors of Data Studio Connectors – Supermetrics, Power My Analytics and Funnel. There are many more that can be found in the Data Studio Gallery.
Connectors: (as of January 2018)
- Ad Networks + Google Analytics – Combine campaign data from different ad networks together & merge with Google Analytics data.
- Adform – Fetch Adform data into Google Data Studio
- Adobe Analytics – Fetch Adobe Analytics (SiteCatalyst) data into Google Data Studio
- AdWords – Multi-account AdWords reporting in Google Data Studio
- Bing Ads – Fetch Bing Ads data into Google Data Studio
- DoubleClick Search – Fetch DoubleClick Search data into Google Data Studio
- Facebook Ads – Fetch Facebook Ads data into Google Data Studio
- Facebook Insights – Fetch Facebook page insights data into Google Data Studio
- Facebook Public Data – Fetch publicly available Facebook user info and posts into Google Data Studio
- Google Analytics – Google Analytics multi-account & multi-segment reporting, avoid data sampling
- Google Search Console – Fetch Google Search Console data into Google Data Studio
- Google+ – Fetch Google+ data into Google Data Studio
- Instagram – Fetch Instagram data into Google Data Studio
- LinkedIn Ads – Fetch LinkedIn Ads data into Google Data Studio
- LinkedIn Company Pages – Fetch LinkedIn Company page updates, followers & other stats into Google Data Studio
- MailChimp – Fetch MailChimp data into Google Data Studio
- Pinterest – Fetch Pinterest data into Google Data Studio
- Reddit – Fetch Reddit data into Google Data Studio
- SEMrush – Fetch SEMrush data into Google Data Studio
- Stripe – Fetch Stripe data into Google Data Studio
- Tumblr – Fetch Tumblr data into Google Data Studio
- Twitter Ads – Fetch Twitter Ads data into Google Data Studio
- Twitter Public Data – Fetch publicly available Twitter data such as user info and tweets into Google Data Studio. Coming soon: fetch tweets by keyword.
- Vimeo – Fetch Vimeo data into Google Data Studio
- Yahoo Gemini – Fetch Yahoo Gemini data into Google Data Studio
- Yandex Metrica – Fetch Yandex Metrica into Google Data Studio
Power My Analytics (PMA) Data Studio Connectors
PMA has several apps for marketing automation, Google Analytics data importers, call trackers and Google Tag Manager apps designed to save time and money.
- AdRoll – Analytics Importer AdRoll Connector connects Data Studio with AdRoll ads data
- Amazon Seller – Products – Analytics Importer Amazon Product Performance Connector connects Data Studio with Amazon seller data
- Amazon Seller – Sales – Analytics Importer Amazon Orders Connector connects Data Studio with Amazon seller data
- Amazon Sponsored Products – Analytics Importer Amazon Sponsored Products Connector connects Data Studio with Amazon seller data
- Bing Ads – Analytics Importer Bing Ads Connector connects Data Studio with Bing Ads data
- eBay Seller Center – Analytics Importer eBay Connector connects Data Studio with eBay seller data
- Facebook Ads – Analytics Importer Facebook Ads Connector connects Data Studio with Facebook Ads
- Facebook Insights – Analytics Importer Facebook Insights Connector connects Data Studio with Facebook Insights
- MailChimp Analytics – Analytics Importer MailChimp Analytics Connector connects Data Studio with MailChimp sender data
- Pinterest Audience Analytics – Analytics Importer Pinterest Audience Analytics Connector connects Data Studio with Pinterest profile data
- Pinterest Profile Analytics – Analytics Importer Pinterest Profile Analytics Connector connects Data Studio with Pinterest profile data
- Twitter Analytics – Analytics Importer Twitter Connector connects Data Studio with Twitter data
Funnel Data Connectors
Funnel connects 250+ advertising platforms in a single source. Free trial. Any new advertising platform not yet supported added without additional cost. Below is a list of most of the connectors that are available through this platform.
There is a full list of all of the data connectors available rated by developer and user interest that can be found on the following URL: https://developers.google.com/datastudio/connector/data-sources.
Data Studio connectors are going to become a big differentiator between Data Studio and other dashboarding / Business Intelligence tools in the future and this space is likely to grow tremendously in the next year.
