Before you begin:
There is a way to pull live data from popular data sources directly into Looker Studio using connectors created by TapClicks. This guide shows you how to do that. The data sources available include the following:
- Facebook Ads
- LinkedIn Ads
- Instagram Analytics
- Adobe Analytics
- Pinterest Ads
- Twitter Ads
- Google Analytics 4
- Microsoft Ads
- Spotify Ads
- TikTok Ads
Instructions:
Find your Connector
1] Make sure you are logged into Google and then open a browser and navigate to lookerstudio.google.com.
2] In the upper left, click the Create button.
3] From the menu that appears click Data source.
4] On the data source page if you want data from any of the eight connectors above, enter tapclicks into the search box (search results appear automatically).
5] Within the search results, locate your connector of choice and click it.
6] Click Authorize.
7] When TapClicks asks for permission to access Google, click Allow. The data source is added.
8] If the data source also requires authorization, click the Authorize button.
9] If the data source requests for you to log in, enter your credentials and click Log In, and continue.
10] When TapClicks requests permissions, click Allow. The data source is added.
11] Select the account and other parameters in the account linking interface.
12] In the upper right corner of the page, click the Connect button.
13] Here you can see all the fields that you have loaded for your data source.
14] Click the Create Report button to input this data source into a new Google Data Studio Report.