Connect to Google Campaign Manager Data in as an External Source in Dremio

The CData JDBC Driver for DoubleClick implements JDBC Standards and allows various applications, including Dremio, to work with live Google Campaign Manager data. Dremio is a data lakehouse platform designed to empower self-service, interactive analytics on the data lake. With the CData JDBC Driver, you can include live Google Campaign Manager data as a part of your enterprise data lake. This article describes how to connect to Google Campaign Manager data from Dremio as an External Source.

The CData JDBC Driver enables high-speed access to live Google Campaign Manager data in Dremio. Once you install the driver, authenticate with Google Campaign Manager and gain immediate access to Google Campaign Manager data within your data lake. By surfacing Google Campaign Manager data using native data types and handling complex filters, aggregations, & other operations automatically, the CData JDBC Driver grants seamless access to Google Campaign Manager data.

Build the ARP Connector

To use the CData JDBC Driver in Dremio, you need to build an Advanced Relation Pushdown (ARP) Connector. You can view the source code for the Connector on GitHub or download the ZIP file (GitHub.com) directly. Once you copy or extract the files, run the following command from the root directory of the connector (the directory containing the pom.xml file) to build the connector.

mvn clean install

Once the JAR file for the connector is built (in the target directory), you are ready to copy the ARP connector and JDBC Driver to your Dremio instance.

Installing the Connector and JDBC Driver

Install the ARP Connector to %DREMIO_HOME%/jars/ and the JDBC Driver for Google Campaign Manager to %DREMIO_HOME%/jars/3rdparty. You can use commands similar to the following:

ARP Connector

docker cp PATH\TO\dremio-googlecm-plugin-20.0.0.jar dremio_image_name:/opt/dremio/jars/

JDBC Driver for Google Campaign Manager

docker cp PATH\TO\cdata.jdbc.googlecm.jar dremio_image_name:/opt/dremio/jars/3rdparty/

Connecting to Google Campaign Manager

Google Campaign Manager will now appear as an External Source option in Dremio. The ARP Connector built uses a JDBC URL to connect to Google Campaign Manager data. The JDBC Driver has a built-in connection string designer that you can use (see below).

Built-in Connection String Designer

For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Google Campaign Manager JDBC Driver. Double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command line.

java -jar cdata.jdbc.googlecm.jar

Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

Google Campaign Manager uses the OAuth authentication standard. The data provider facilitates OAuth in various ways as described below. The following OAuth flow requires the authenticating user to interact with DoubleClick Campaign Manager, using the browser. You can also use a service account to authenticate.

For authentication guides, see the Getting Started section of the data provider help documentation.

NOTE: To use the JDBC Driver in Dremio, you will need a license (full or trial) and a Runtime Key (RTK). For more information on obtaining this license (or a trial), contact our sales team.

Add the Runtime Key (RTK) to the JDBC URL. You will end up with a JDBC URL similar to the following:

jdbc:googlecm:RTK=5246...;UserProfileID=MyUserProfileID;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH

Access Google Campaign Manager as an External Source

To add Google Campaign Manager as an External Source, click to add a new source and select GoogleCM. Copy the JDBC URL and paste it into the New GoogleCM Source wizard.

Save the connection and you are ready to query live Google Campaign Manager data in Dremio, easily incorporating Google Campaign Manager data into your data lake.

More Information & Free Trial

Using the CData JDBC Driver for DoubleClick in Dremio, you can incorporate live Google Campaign Manager data into your data lake. Check out our CData JDBC Driver for DoubleClick page for more information about connecting to Google Campaign Manager. Download a free, 30 day trial of the CData JDBC Driver for DoubleClick and get started today.