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Slack connection guide

Follow these steps to connect your Slack data to Supermetrics and use your data in Google Sheets, Looker Studio, Excel, and Power BI, as well as the Supermetrics API. You can also connect to data sources from the Supermetrics Hub.


You can share your data source connection with your team and use the connection across all data destinations you use with Supermetrics. Learn more about shared connections.


Before you begin

Supermetrics connects directly to your Slack workspace. When you first connect it, it'll ask for permission to view:

  • Content and information about channels and conversations
  • Content and information about your workspace

If you have any questions about how we handle and secure your data, read our security and privacy policy.


Query types

Supermetrics offers 3 report types for Slack: channels, users, and groups.


Instructions

Google Sheets

Make sure you've installed the Supermetrics add-on before you connect.

  1. Open a new Google Sheets file.
  2. Navigate to ExtensionsSupermetricsLaunch sidebar to open Supermetrics.
  3. Click Create new query.
  4. Under Data source, select Slack.
  5. Choose to make this connection shared or private.
  6. Click Start.
  7. If you're not already logged into a Slack workspace, log in.
  8. Click Allow.
  9. Navigate to Report configuration.
  10. Select a query type to use in your report.

Learn about advanced settings, best practices, and troubleshooting tips for Supermetrics for Google Sheets.

Looker Studio
  1. Open the Supermetrics Looker Studio data source gallery.
  2. Navigate to Slack and click Start free trial.
  3. You'll see two buttons that read Authorize. If you're using Supermetrics for the first time, click the left-hand one and log in with the Google Account you use with Supermetrics.
  4. Once that's done, or if you've done it before, click the right-hand Authorize button (under "Slack requires authorization to connect to data").
  5. Select a team that has access to the account you want to connect.
  6. Choose to make this connection shared or private.
  7. Click Start.
  8. If you're not already logged into a Slack workspace, log in.
  9. Click Allow.
  10. Select a query type to use in your report, and click Next.
  11. In the pane's top right, click Connect.
  12. Click Create report.
  13. Click Add to report.

Learn about advanced settings, best practices, and troubleshooting tips for Supermetrics for Looker Studio.

Excel

Make sure you've installed the Supermetrics add-on before you connect.

  1. Open an Excel file.
  2. Click DataShow Supermetrics.
  3. Under Data source, select Slack.
  4. Choose to make this connection shared or private.
  5. Click Start.
  6. If you're not already logged into a Slack workspace, log in.
  7. Click Allow.
  8. Navigate to Report configuration.
  9. Select a query type to use in your report.

Learn about advanced settings, best practices, and troubleshooting tips for Supermetrics for Excel.

Power BI
  1. Log in to the Supermetrics Hub.
  2. In the sidebar, go to Destinations → Power BI.
  3. Click Create or edit queries.
  4. Click Select a data source.
  5. Select the Slack data source.
  6. Click Start.
  7. If you're not already logged into a Slack workspace, log in.
  8. Click Allow.
  9. Fill in the query details.
  10. Click Run query to test your query.
The Supermetrics API
  1. Log in to the Supermetrics Hub.
  2. In the sidebar, click API.
  3. Select for Supermetrics API from the dropdown menu next to the page title.
  4. Click Select data source.
  5. Select the Slack data source.
  6. Click Start.
  7. If you're not already logged into a Slack workspace, log in.
  8. Click Allow.
  9. Fill in the query details. See detailed instructions on how to set up a Supermetrics API query in Query Manager.
  10. Click Run to test your query.
Supermetrics Hub
  1. Log in to the Supermetrics Hub.
  2. In the sidebar, click Data sources.
  3. Scroll down to the list of data sources you haven't connected to. You see this list below your existing connections, under the title Connect to new data source.
  4. Hover over the Slack data source, and click Connect.
  5. Click Start.
  6. If you're not already logged into a Slack workspace, log in.
  7. Click Allow.


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