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

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

Configure Pinterest Connectivity for Looker Studio

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

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

2. Select "Pinterest" from the Add Connection panel

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

   Pinterest authentication is based on the standard OAuth flow. To authenticate, you must initially create an app via the Pinterest developer platform where you can obtain an OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL.

   Set InitiateOAuth to GETANDREFRESH and set OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL based on the property values for the app you created.

   See the Help documentation for other OAuth authentication flows.

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

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

Visualize Live Pinterest Data from Looker Studio

The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect AI from Looker Studio to create a new Pinterest 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. Pinterest1) and click Next
6. Select a Table (e.g. Users) 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 Pinterest Data from Cloud Applications

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

Try CData Connect AI and get real-time data access to hundreds of SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources directly from your cloud applications.