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An overview of the Looker Studio integration with Secoda

Google Data Studio Metadata Extracted

Secoda has two methods of integrating with Looker Studio: retrieving a session cookie and using Google OAuth

NOTE: Using the Google OAuth method does not extract upstream (datasources) and downstream (charts) lineage due to the limitations of the Google Looker Studio API

NOTE: The session cookies expire after 12 hours and you need to re-retrieve the cookie each time you wish to run the extraction.

Getting Started with Google OAuth

There are two steps to get started using Looker Studio with Secoda through Google OAuth:

  1. Authorize Secoda for your Organization

  2. Connect Looker Studio to Secoda

Authorize Secoda on Google Admin

  1. Sign in to your Google Admin console and navigate to domain wide delegation.

  2. In API clients, click Add new.

  3. Enter the Client ID: 884425733446-7lao52vmjg9k7hovpgba2qd5b7qeo8l2.apps.googleusercontent.com

  4. Enter the following OAuth scopes:

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/datastudio

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile

  5. Click Authorize.

Connect to Looker Studio

  1. In Secoda, head to the Integrations page and click New integration

  2. Select Looker Studio and click on the OAuth tab

  3. Click the Connect with OAuth button and login using your Google account

  4. Head to the History tab on the side bar and click Run extraction

Getting Started with Session Cookies

There are two steps to get started using Looker Studio with Secoda through session cookies:

  1. Retrieve a Looker Studio session cookie

  2. Connect Looker Studio to Secoda

Retrieve Session Cookie

Secoda uses a series of REST APIs that Looker Studio uses for its platform, which requires a session cookie. To get a session cookie follow these steps:

  1. Login to Looker Studio and open the developer tools by right-clicking and selecting Inspect

2. Click on the Network tab and put https://lookerstudio.google.com in the filter field

3. Refresh the page and you should see some requests populate

4. Click on the getShareableList network request and then navigate to the Headers tab

5. In the Headers tab, scroll down to the Request Headers section and copy the cookie header.

Connect to Looker Studio

After retrieving the session cookie, you can connect Looker Studio to Secoda by following these steps:

  1. In Secoda, head to the Integrations page and click New integration

  2. Select Looker Studio

  3. Paste the cookie into the Cookie text input field and submit

  4. Head to the Sync History tab on the side bar and click Run sync

Troubleshooting

Invalid authentication

Looker Studio uses session cookies for authentication, which often expire. In order to resolve this error, you’ll have to generate a new session cookie and add it to your Secoda workspace. The way to do this is outlined in the Looker Studio docs, found here.

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