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How to integrate Metabase with WooCommerce Data



Use CData Connect Cloud to connect to live WooCommerce data and create an interactive dashboard in Metabase from WooCommerce data.

Metabase is an open source data visualization tool that allows users to create interactive dashboards. When paired with CData Connect Cloud, users can easily create visualizations and dashboards linked to live WooCommerce data. This article describes how to connect to WooCommerce and build a simple visualization using WooCommerce data.

CData Connect provides a pure cloud-to-cloud interface for WooCommerce, allowing you to easily integrate with live WooCommerce data in Metabase — without replicating the data. Connect looks exactly like a SQL Server database to Metabase and uses optimized data processing out of the box to push all supported SQL operations (filters, JOINs, etc) directly to WooCommerce, leveraging server-side processing to quickly return WooCommerce data.

Configure WooCommerce Connectivity for Metabase

Connectivity to WooCommerce from Metabase is made possible through CData Connect Cloud. To work with WooCommerce data from Metabase, we start by creating and configuring a WooCommerce connection.

  1. Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
  2. Select "WooCommerce" from the Add Connection panel
  3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to WooCommerce.

    WooCommerce supports the following authentication methods: one-legged OAuth1.0 Authentication and standard OAuth2.0 Authentication.

    Connecting using one-legged OAuth 1.0 Authentication

    Specify the following properties (NOTE: the below credentials are generated from WooCommerce settings page and should not be confused with the credentials generated by using WordPress OAuth2.0 plugin):

    • ConsumerKey
    • ConsumerSecret

    Connecting using WordPress OAuth 2.0 Authentication

    After having configured the plugin, you may connect to WooCommerce by providing the following connection properties:

    • OAuthClientId
    • OAuthClientSecret
    • CallbackURL
    • InitiateOAuth - Set this to either GETANDREFRESH or REFRESH

    In either case, you will need to set the Url property to the URL of the WooCommerce instance.

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

Add a Personal Access Token

If you are connecting from a service, application, platform, or framework that does not support OAuth authentication, you can create a Personal Access Token (PAT) to use for authentication. Best practices would dictate that you create a separate PAT for each service, to maintain granularity of access.

  1. Click on your username at the top right of the Connect Cloud app and click User Profile.
  2. On the User Profile page, scroll down to the Personal Access Tokens section and click Create PAT.
  3. Give your PAT a name and click Create.
  4. The personal access token is only visible at creation, so be sure to copy it and store it securely for future use.

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to WooCommerce data from Metabase.

Connect to CData Connect from Metabase

After creating the virtual database, navigate to your Metabase instance. Use the SQL Server interface to connect to Connect Cloud.

  1. Navigate to the administration screen (Settings -> Admin) and click "Add Database" from the "Databases" tab
  2. Configure the connection to Connect Cloud and click "Save"
    • Database type: Select "SQL Server"
    • Name: Name the connection (e.g. "WooCommerce (Connect Cloud)")
    • Host: tds.cdata.com
    • Port: 14333
    • Database name: The name of the connection you just created (e.g. WooCommerce1)
    • Username: A Connect Cloud username (e.g. user@mydomain.com)
    • Password: The PAT for the above Connect Cloud user
    • Click to Use a secure connection (SSL)

Execute WooCommerce Data with Metabase

Once you configure the connection to Connect Cloud, you can query WooCommerce and build visualizations.

  1. Use the "Write SQL" tool to retrieve the WooCommerce data
  2. Write a SQL query based on the WooCommerce connection in CData Connect Cloud, e.g.

    SELECT ParentId, Total FROM Orders WHERE ParentId = '3'
  3. Navigate to the "Visualization" screen, choose a visualization, and configure the visualization

More Information & Free Trial

At this point, you have built a simple visualization from WooCommerce data in Metabase. You can continue to work with live WooCommerce data in Metabase just like you would any SQL Server database. For more information on creating a live connection to WooCommerce (and more than 100 other data sources), visit the Connect Cloud page. Sign up for a free trial and start working with live WooCommerce data in Metabase today.