Always-on applications rely on automatic failover capabilities and real-time data access. CData Sync integrates live Google Analytics data into your MySQL instance, allowing you to consolidate all of your data into a single location for archiving, reporting, analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and more.
Configure MySQL as a Replication Destination
Using CData Sync, you can replicate Google Analytics data to MySQL. To add a replication destination, navigate to the Connections tab.
- Click Add Connection.
- Select MySQL as a destination.
- Enter the necessary connection properties. To connect to MySQL, set the following:
- Server: The IP address or domain name of the server you want to connect to.
- Port: The port where the server is running.
- User: The username of a user with read/write access to the database.
- Password: The password of a user with read/write access to the database.
- Database: The name of the database.
- Click Test Connection to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
- Click Save Changes.
Configure the Google Analytics Connection
You can configure a connection to Google Analytics from the Connections tab. To add a connection to your Google Analytics account, navigate to the Connections tab.
- Click Add Connection.
- Select a source (Google Analytics).
- Configure the connection properties.
Google uses the OAuth authentication standard. To access Google APIs on behalf on individual users, you can use the embedded credentials or you can register your own OAuth app.
OAuth also enables you to use a service account to connect on behalf of users in a Google Apps domain. To authenticate with a service account, you will need to register an application to obtain the OAuth JWT values.
In addition to the OAuth values, set Profile to the profile you want to connect to.
This can be set to either the Id or website URL for the Profile. If not specified, the first Profile returned will be used.
- Click Connect to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
- Click Save Changes.
Configure Replication Queries
CData Sync enables you to control replication with a point-and-click interface and with SQL queries. For each replication you wish to configure, navigate to the Jobs tab and click Add Job. Select the Source and Destination for your replication.
Replicate Entire Tables
To replicate an entire table, click Add Tables in the Tables section, choose the table(s) you wish to replicate, and click Add Selected Tables.
Customize Your Replication
You can use the Transform feature to customize your replication. The Transform feature allows you to specify which columns to replicate, rename the columns at the destination, and even perform operations on the source data before replicating. To customize your replication, click the Transform button in the Tables section and customize the replication.
Schedule Your Replication
In the Schedule section, you can schedule a job to run automatically, configuring the job to run after specified intervals ranging from once every 15 minutes to once every month.
Once you have configured the replication job, click Save Changes. You can configure any number of jobs to manage the replication of your Google Analytics data to MySQL.