Use this guide to connect your Slack data to the reports you create with Supermetrics.
If you need to connect this data source to one of our data warehouse or cloud storage destinations, explore our data warehouse and cloud storage setup guides.
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
Make sure you've installed the Supermetrics add-on before you connect.
- Open a new Google Sheets file.
- Navigate to Extensions → Supermetrics → Launch sidebar to open Supermetrics.
- Click Create new query.
- Under Data source, select Slack.
- Click Start.
- If you're not already logged into a Slack workspace, log in.
- Click Allow.
- Navigate to Report configuration.
- Select a query type to use in your report.
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Make sure you've connected Supermetrics to Looker Studio before following the steps below.
- Open the Supermetrics Looker Studio data source gallery.
- Navigate to Slack and click Start free trial.
- 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.
- 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").
- Select a team that has access to the account you want to connect.
- Choose to make this connection shared or private.
- Click Start.
- If you're not already logged into a Slack workspace, log in.
- Click Allow.
- Select a query type to use in your report, and click Next.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page. To create a report with our template, select Use report template for new reports. To create a blank report, deselect this option.
- In the pane's top right, click Connect.
- Click Create report.
- Click Add to report.
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Make sure you've installed the Supermetrics add-on before you connect.
- Open an Excel file.
- Click Data → Show Supermetrics.
- Under Data source, select Slack.
- Choose to make this connection shared or private.
- Click Start.
- If you're not already logged into a Slack workspace, log in.
- Click Allow.
- Navigate to Report configuration.
- Select a query type to use in your report.
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