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Use CData Connect Cloud to connect to and query live Google Analytics data from HeidiSQL.
HeidiSQL is an open-source database administration tool that natively supports MariaDB, MySQL, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL. When paired with CData Connect Cloud, HediSQL reach extends to include access to live Google Analytics data. This article demonstrates how to connect to Google Analytics using Connect Cloud and query Google Analytics data in HeidiSQL.
CData Connect Cloud provides a pure SQL Server interface for Google Analytics, allowing you to query data from Google Analytics without replicating the data to a natively supported database. Using optimized data processing out of the box, CData Connect Cloud pushes all supported SQL operations (filters, JOINs, etc.) directly to Google Analytics, leveraging server-side processing to return the requested Google Analytics data quickly.
Configure Google Analytics Connectivity for HeidiSQL
Connectivity to Google Analytics from HeidiSQL is made possible through CData Connect Cloud. To work with Google Analytics data from HeidiSQL, we start by creating and configuring a Google Analytics connection.
- Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
- Select "Google Analytics" from the Add Connection panel
- Google Analytics uses OAuth to authenticate. Click "Sign in" to authenticate with Google Analytics.
- Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Google Analytics Connection page and update the User-based permissions.
Add a Personal Access Token
If you are connecting from a service, application, platform, or framework that does not support OAuth authentication, you can create a Personal Access Token (PAT) to use for authentication. Best practices would dictate that you create a separate PAT for each service, to maintain granularity of access.
- Click on your username at the top right of the Connect Cloud app and click User Profile.
- On the User Profile page, scroll down to the Personal Access Tokens section and click Create PAT.
- Give your PAT a name and click Create.
- The personal access token is only visible at creation, so be sure to copy it and store it securely for future use.
Connect to Google Analytics from HeidiSQL using Connect Cloud
To establish a connection from HeidiSQL to the CData Connect Cloud Virtual SQL Server API, follow these steps.
Create a new HeidiSQL Session
- In the Session Manager, select New in the bottom-left
- Give the new session a descriptive name, e.g. Connect-Cloud-Google Analytics
Configure a SQL Server Connection to Connect Cloud
- In the session settings, set the Network type to Microsoft SQL Server (TCP/IP)
- The Library DLL should automatically update to MSOLEDBSQL
- Set the Hostname/IP to tds.cdata.com
- Set the User to your CData Connect Cloud username. This is displayed in the top-right corner of the CData Connect Cloud interface. For example, [email protected]
- Set the Password to your PAT created in Connect Cloud in the previous section.
- Set the Port to 14333
Query Google Analytics from HeidiSQL
- In the database listing on the left, find your connection to Google Analytics configured earlier.
- Expand this connection to view individual tables or data objects present within Google Analytics.
- Write custom SQL queries targeting these tables, treating the data source like any SQL Server database, or visually explore each tabular data set by selecting the relevant tables
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