Create Reports from Adobe Experience Manager 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 AI, you gain immediate cloud-to-cloud access to Adobe Experience Manager data to create visualizations, dashboards, and more. This article provides step-by-step instructions on establishing a virtual database for Adobe Experience Manager and generating reports from Adobe Experience Manager data within Looker Studio.

CData Connect AI offers a seamless cloud-to-cloud interface tailored for Adobe Experience Manager, making it straightforward to construct reports directly from live Adobe Experience Manager 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 AI efficiently channels all supported query operations, including filters, JOINs, and more, directly to Adobe Experience Manager. This leverages server-side processing to swiftly provide the requested Adobe Experience Manager data.

Configure Adobe Experience Manager Connectivity for Looker Studio

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

1. Log into Connect AI, click Sources, and then click Add Connection

2. Select "Adobe Experience Manager" from the Add Connection panel

3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Adobe Experience Manager.

   The driver connects to Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) instances that expose the JCR repository over WebDAV. It supports both on-premises AEM and AEM as a Cloud Service deployments.

   To establish a connection, set the following properties:

   • URL: The WebDAV-enabled JCR server URL.
     • AEM as a Cloud Service: https://author-pXXXXX-eXXXXX.adobeaemcloud.com/crx/server
     • Local development: http://localhost:4502/crx/server
   • User: Your AEM username.
   • Password: Your AEM password.

   Note: Tables are dynamically generated based on the JCR repository structure. Ensure that the configured user has sufficient permissions to access the required content paths in the AEM repository.

   
4. Click Save & Test
5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Adobe Experience Manager Connection page and update the User-based permissions.

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Adobe Experience Manager data from Looker Studio.

Visualize Live Adobe Experience Manager Data from Looker Studio

The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect AI from Looker Studio to create a new Adobe Experience Manager 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 AI Connector.

2. Click Authorize and allow access to your Google account.
3. Click Authorize to authenticate with your CData Connect AI instance
4. In the CData Connect AI Connector in Looker Studio select Connections to import from the dropdown and click Next

5. Now select a Connection (e.g. AdobeExperienceManager1) and click Next
6. Select a Table (e.g. Content) or use a Custom Query and click Connect to continue
7. If needed, modify columns, click Create Report, and add the data source to the report.

8. Select a visualization style and add it to the report.
9. Select Dimensions and Measures to customize your visualization.

Live Access to Adobe Experience Manager Data from Cloud Applications

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

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