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

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

Configure BambooHR Connectivity for Looker Studio

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

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

2. Select "BambooHR" from the Add Connection panel

3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to BambooHR.

   To connect to BambooHR, generate an API key by logging in and navigating to your user menu (lower-left) > API Keys > Add API Key. Copy the key immediately (it is shown only once). Then set the following:

   • Domain: The subdomain of your BambooHR account URL. For example, if your URL is acmeinc.bamboohr.com, set this to acmeinc.
   • API Key: The API key generated from your BambooHR account.
   
4. Click Save & Test
5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add BambooHR Connection page and update the User-based permissions.

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

Visualize Live BambooHR Data from Looker Studio

The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect AI from Looker Studio to create a new BambooHR 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. API1) and click Next
6. Select a Table (e.g. Employees) 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 BambooHR Data from Cloud Applications

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

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