Add a Google Sheets database connection
You can add a connection to Google Sheets and use it as a database in ThoughtSpot DataFlow.
Follow these steps:
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Click Connections in the top navigation bar.
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In the Connections interface, click Add connection in the upper right corner.
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In the Create Connection interface, select the Connection type.
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After you select the Google Sheets Connection type, the rest of the connection properties appear.
See Connection properties for details, defaults, and examples.
- Connection name
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Name your connection.
- Connection type
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Choose the Google Sheets connection type.
- Obtain access token
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Select this option to use access key/token to connect to the Google Sheets web-service.
- Access token
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Specify the access token to authenticate Google Sheets.
- Refresh token
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Specify the refresh token to authenticate Google Sheets.
- OAuth client ID
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Specify the OAuth client ID.
- OAuth client secret
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Specify the OAuth client secret.
- Callback URL
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Secured domain URL of the repo used to register in Google Sheets.
- Scope
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Specify the number of users to access the account.
- JDBC options
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Specify the options associated with the JDBC URL.
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Click Create connection.
