Create Reports from HCL Domino Data in Looker Studio

Looker Studio, formerly known as Google Data Studio, empowers users to craft customized reports featuring data visualizations that can be shared with clients while reflecting your brand identity. When combined with CData Connect Cloud, you gain immediate cloud-to-cloud access to HCL Domino data to create visualizations, dashboards, and more. This article provides step-by-step instructions on establishing a virtual database for HCL Domino and generating reports from HCL Domino data within Looker Studio.

CData Connect Cloud offers a seamless cloud-to-cloud interface tailored for HCL Domino, making it straightforward to construct reports directly from live HCL Domino data within Looker Studio without the need for data replication. As you create visualizations, Looker Studio generates queries to retrieve data. With its inherent optimized data processing capabilities, CData Connect Cloud efficiently channels all supported query operations, including filters, JOINs, and more, directly to HCL Domino. This leverages server-side processing to swiftly provide the requested HCL Domino data.

Configure HCL Domino Connectivity for Looker Studio

Connectivity to HCL Domino from Looker Studio is made possible through CData Connect Cloud. To work with HCL Domino data from Looker Studio, we start by creating and configuring a HCL Domino connection.

1. Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
2. Select "HCL Domino" from the Add Connection panel
3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to HCL Domino.

   Prerequisites

   The connector requires the Proton component to be installed. Normally, Proton is distributed as part of the AppDev pack. See the HCL documentation for instructions on acquiring and installing Proton or the AppDev pack.

   Once the Proton service is installed and running, you will also need to create a user account and download its Internet certificate. This certificate can be used to set the connector certificate connection properties.

   Authenticating to Domino

   • Server: The name or IP address of the server running Domino with the Proton service.
   • Port: The port number that the Proton service is listening on.
   • Database: The name of the database file, including the .nsf extension.
   • SSLClientCertType: This must match the format of the certificate file. Typically this will be either PEMKEY_FILE for .pem certificates or PFXFILE for .pfx certificates.
   • SSLClientCert: The path to the certificate file.
   • SSLServerCert: This can be set to (*) if you trust the server. This is usually the case, but if you want to perform SSL validation, you may provide a certificate or thumbprint instead. See the documentation for SSLServerCert for details.

   Additional Server Configuration

   The connector supports querying Domino views if any are defined. Before views can be queried by the connector they must be registered with the design catalog.

   Please refer to the Catalog Administration section of the AppDev pack documentation for details on how to do this.

4. Click Create & Test
5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add HCL Domino Connection page and update the User-based permissions.

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to HCL Domino data from Looker Studio.

Visualize Live HCL Domino Data from Looker Studio

The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect Cloud from Looker Studio to create a new HCL Domino data source and build a simple visualization from the data.

1. Log into Looker Studio, click data sources, create a new data source, and choose CData Connect Cloud Connector.
2. Click Authorize and allow access to your Google account.
3. Click Authorize to authenticate with your CData Connect Cloud instance
4. In the CData Connect Cloud Connector in Looker Studio select a Connection (e.g. Domino1) and click Next
5. Select a Table (e.g. ByName) or use a Custom Query and click Connect to continue
6. If needed, modify columns, click Create Report, and add the data source to the report.
7. Select a visualization style and add it to the report.
8. Select Dimensions and Measures to customize your visualization.

Live Access to HCL Domino Data from Cloud Applications

Now you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live HCL Domino data from your Looker Studio workbook. You can create more data sources and new visualizations, build reports, and more — all without replicating HCL Domino data.

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