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Get the Report →Create Reports from QuickBooks Online Data in Looker Studio
Use CData Connect Cloud to gain access to live QuickBooks Online data and create custom reports 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 Cloud, you gain immediate cloud-to-cloud access to QuickBooks Online data to create visualizations, dashboards, and more. This article provides step-by-step instructions on establishing a virtual database for QuickBooks Online and generating reports from QuickBooks Online data within Looker Studio.
CData Connect Cloud offers a seamless cloud-to-cloud interface tailored for QuickBooks Online, making it straightforward to construct reports directly from live QuickBooks Online 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 Cloud efficiently channels all supported query operations, including filters, JOINs, and more, directly to QuickBooks Online. This leverages server-side processing to swiftly provide the requested QuickBooks Online data.
About QuickBooks Online Data Integration
CData provides the easiest way to access and integrate live data from QuickBooks Online. Customers use CData connectivity to:
- Realize high-performance data reads thanks to push-down query optimization for complex operations like filters and aggregations.
- Read, write, update, and delete QuickBooks Online data.
- Run reports, download attachments, and send or void invoices directly from code using SQL stored procedures.
- Connect securely using OAuth and modern cryptography, including TLS 1.2, SHA-256, and ECC.
Many users access live QuickBooks Online data from preferred analytics tools like Power BI and Excel, directly from databases with federated access, and use CData solutions to easily integrate QuickBooks Online data with automated workflows for business-to-business communications.
For more information on how customers are solving problems with CData's QuickBooks Online solutions, refer to our blog: https://www.cdata.com/blog/360-view-of-your-customers.
Getting Started
This article requires a CData Connect Cloud instance and the CData Connect Cloud Connector for Looker Studio. Get more information on the CData Connect Cloud and sign up for a free trial at https://www.cdata.com/cloud.
Configure QuickBooks Online Connectivity for Looker Studio
Connectivity to QuickBooks Online from Looker Studio is made possible through CData Connect Cloud. To work with QuickBooks Online data from Looker Studio, we start by creating and configuring a QuickBooks Online connection.
- Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
- Select "QuickBooks Online" from the Add Connection panel
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QuickBooks Online uses OAuth to authenticate. Click "Sign in" to authenticate with QuickBooks Online.
- Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add QuickBooks Online Connection page and update the User-based permissions.
With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to QuickBooks Online data from Looker Studio.
Visualize Live QuickBooks Online Data from Looker Studio
The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect Cloud from Looker Studio to create a new QuickBooks Online data source and build a simple visualization from the data.
- Log into Looker Studio, click data sources, create a new data source, and choose CData Connect Cloud Connector.
- Click Authorize and allow access to your Google account.
- Click Authorize to authenticate with your CData Connect Cloud instance
- In the CData Connect Cloud Connector in Looker Studio select a Connection (e.g. QuickBooksOnline1) and click Next
- Select a Table (e.g. Customers) or use a Custom Query and click Connect to continue
- If needed, modify columns, click Create Report, and add the data source to the report.
- Select a visualization style and add it to the report.
- Select Dimensions and Measures to customize your visualization.



Live Access to QuickBooks Online Data from Cloud Applications
Now you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live QuickBooks Online data from your Looker Studio workbook. You can create more data sources and new visualizations, build reports, and more — all without replicating QuickBooks Online data.
Try CData Connect Cloud and get real-time data access to 100+ SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources directly from your cloud applications.