Visualize Live eBay Analytics Data in Power BI (via CData Connect AI)

Jerod Johnson
Jerod Johnson
Director, Technology Evangelism
Use the CData Power BI Connector and CData Connect AI to integrate live eBay Analytics data into custom reports in Power BI.

Power BI transforms your company's data into rich visuals for you to collect and organize so you can focus on what matters to you. When paired with CData Connect AI, you get access to eBay Analytics data for visualizations, dashboards, and more. This article shows how to use CData Connect to create a live connection to eBay Analytics, connect to eBay Analytics data from Power BI and then create reports on eBay Analytics data in Power BI.

Configure eBay Analytics Connectivity for Power BI

Connectivity to eBay Analytics from Power BI is made possible through CData Connect AI. To work with eBay Analytics data from Power BI, we start by creating and configuring a eBay Analytics connection.

  1. Log into Connect AI, click Sources, and then click Add Connection
  2. Adding a Connection
  3. Select "eBay Analytics" from the Add Connection panel
  4. Selecting a data source
  5. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to eBay Analytics.

    You can authenticate to eBay Analytics only via the OAuth 2 authentication method. The eBay Analytics API requires an access token created with the authorization code grant flow to authorize the requests.

    You can follow the guide in the Help documentation for a step by step guide on how to authenticate using the OAuth 2 protocol. Configuring a connection (Salesforce is shown)

  6. Click Save & Test
  7. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add eBay Analytics Connection page and update the User-based permissions. Updating permissions

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to eBay Analytics data from Power BI.

Query eBay Analytics Tables

Follow the steps below to build a query to pull eBay Analytics data into the report:

  1. Open Power BI Desktop and click Get Data -> Online Services -> CData Connect AI and click "Connect"
  2. Click "Sign in" and authenticate with your CData Connect AI account Authenticating with Connect AI
  3. After signing in, click "Connect" Connecting to Connect AI
  4. Select tables in the Navigator dialog The available tables. (Salesforce tables are shown)
  5. Click Load to establish the connection to your eBay Analytics data from Power BI

Create eBay Analytics Data Visualizations

After connecting to the data into Power BI, you can create data visualizations in the Report view by dragging fields from the Fields pane onto the canvas. Select the dimensions and measures you wish to visualize along with the chart type.

Visualizing data in Power BI (Salesforce data is shown)

Click Refresh to synchronize your report with any changes to the data.

Live Access to eBay Analytics Data from Data Applications

With CData Connect AI you have a direct connection to eBay Analytics data from Power BI. You can import more data, create new visualizations, build reports, and more — all without replicating eBay Analytics data.

To get SQL data access to hundreds of SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources (including eBay Analytics) directly from your on-premise BI, reporting, ETL and other data applications, visit the CData Connect AI page and start a free trial.

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