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Google Sheets Connections

Google Sheets provides a spreadsheet interface for cloud-based data stored in Google Drive. It allows multiple users to edit and format files in real-time. For more information, see https://www.google.com/sheets/about/.

You can create connections to your Google Sheets instance from the Designer Cloud Powered by Trifacta platform.

  • You can create multiple Google Sheets connections.

  • During connection creation, you must provide access to Google Drive.

Limitations

Note

This connection type is not supported for integration with a Hadoop-based running environment.

  • This is a read-only connection.

  • Single Sign-On (SSO) is not supported.

  • Custom domains are not supported.

  • Since data must be converted to a native file format, this connection does not support previewing of your data in the source.

  • If you have enabled Google Advanced Protection, this connection type does not work.

Enable

Configure

To create this connection, select the Google Sheets card. For more information, see Connections Page.

Modify the following properties as needed:

Property

Description

OAuth 2.0 Client

The OAuth 2.0 Client is displayed.

Note

When you create the connection in this window, you must click Authenticate, which authenticates to the app. This step is required.

Connection Name

Display name of the connection.

Connection Description

Description of the connection, which appears in the application.

Test and Use

Steps:

  1. You can import datasets from Google Sheets through the Import Data page. For more information, see Import Data Page.

  2. Perform a few simple transformations to the data. Run the job. For more information, see Transformer Page.

  3. Verify the results.

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