Create Reports from Trello 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 Trello data to create visualizations, dashboards, and more. This article provides step-by-step instructions on establishing a virtual database for Trello and generating reports from Trello data within Looker Studio.

CData Connect Cloud offers a seamless cloud-to-cloud interface tailored for Trello, making it straightforward to construct reports directly from live Trello 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 Trello. This leverages server-side processing to swiftly provide the requested Trello data.

Configure Trello Connectivity for Looker Studio

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

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

   Trello uses token-based authentication to grant third-party applications access to their API. When a user has granted an application access to their data, the application is given a token that can be used to make requests to Trello's API.

   Trello's API can be accessed in 2 different ways. The first is using Trello's own Authorization Route, and the second is using OAuth1.0.

   • Authorization Route: At the moment of registration, Trello assigns an API key and Token to the account. See the Help documentation for information on how to connect via the Authorization route.
   • OAuth Route: Similar to using Authorization, OAuth creates an Application Id and Secret when you create your account. See the Help documentation for information on how to to connect.

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

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

Visualize Live Trello Data from Looker Studio

The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect Cloud from Looker Studio to create a new Trello 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. Trello1) and click Next
5. Select a Table (e.g. Boards) 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 Trello Data from Cloud Applications

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

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