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Klips: Creating Google Calendar data sources

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You can set up a connection between Klipfolio® Klips and Google Calendar to display your calendar data on a dashboard.

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What options do I have for visualizing my Google Calendar data?

Create data visualizations based on pre-built options or build your own. The choice is yours!

Pre-built by Klipfolio

In collaboration with industry experts and adhering to current best practices and trends, Klipfolio focuses on getting the most out of your data and presenting it in meaningful, actionable visualizations. Our pre-built content, including pre-built data sources and pre-built Klips™ can act as a complete solution or as a starting point toward custom building.

  • Google Calendar pre-built data sources: Data sources provide the foundation for Klip® building, so we suggest you create a data source as a first step (before building Klips and adding them to your dashboard). Our pre-built data sources focus on the most sought-after Google Calendar data and are found on the Service Connectors page, available from this link or from your list of data sources. When you select a service connector from this page, the data source for that service is automatically added.
  • Google Calendar pre-built Klips: Pre-built Klips enable you to quickly set up a dashboard using predefined visualizations that display common key metrics. Pre-built Klips are found in the Klip Gallery or, for White Label customers, in the Integration Gallery.

Custom-built by you

Taking the time to learn how to create your own data sources and Klips unlocks your data and enables you to control, manipulate, and transform it, leading you to unprecedented insights into your business.

  • Custom data sources: When you create a custom data source, you can either use the pre-built data source as a starting point from which to write your own query or you can write your own queries from the ground up and build a data source from scratch. You create custom-built data sources from the Service Connectors page, accessible from this link or from your list of data sources.
  • Custom Klips: Using our Klip Editor, you can construct and manipulate your data, including integrating multiple data sources, to produce unique, custom-built data visualizations. You create custom Klips from either your list of Klips or your Dashboard.

Regardless of whether you choose pre-built, custom-built, or a combination of both, before you can start building Klips and dashboards you need to connect to Google Calendar data in Klipfolio.

How do I connect to Google Calendar data in Klipfolio?

When you connect your Google Calendar data to Klipfolio, you will be prompted to connect your Google Calendar account by entering your username and password.

Doing so creates a connection that enables Klipfolio to securely access your Google Calendar account. By default, your connection name looks like this: yourname@Google<date and time created>. You can modify the default connection name when you create a new connection or from your list of connections, accessed by clicking your Account Name (located at the bottom of the left navigation sidebar) and selecting Account > Connected Accounts or by clicking the button in the left navigation sidebar and selecting Connections.

You can use and reuse the same account connection every time you connect to Google Calendar. If you have trouble accessing an existing connection, your OAuth token may have expired. Go here for troubleshooting tips.

To connect your Google Calendar data to Klipfolio, you will need to your Calendar ID.

How do I find my Calendar ID?

If you choose to create a pre-built or custom-built data source, you will need to enter your Calendar ID into a specific spot in the query.

To find your Calendar ID:

  1. Log in to your Google Calendar account.
  2. From your calendar list, click the 3-dot menu for the calendar you want to query.
  3. Click Settings and sharing.
  4. In the left navigation, click Integrate calendar.
  5. Copy your Calendar ID.

How do I add a Google Calendar pre-built data source?

To add a Google Calendar pre-built data source:

  1. Navigate to the Service Connectors page in Klipfolio and choose Google Calendar from the list.
  2. Select a pre-built data source from the left section of the Choose a pre-built or custom connection page.
  3. If this is your first time connecting to Google Calendar:
    • Click Connect an account. Enter your Google Calendar login credentials and click Next. If prompted, click Allow Access to enable Klipfolio to securely access your Google Calendar data. Click Continue.
  4. If you have connected with Google Calendar before:
    • Select an existing connection (token) from the drop-down list and click Continue.
  5. Adjust the Query URL information, as noted on the Configure your data source page, to replace any generic placeholder data with your own.
    For example, replace <yourCalendarID> with your own Calendar ID.
  6. Click Get data.
  7. Ensure this is the data you’re looking for. Optionally, select the checkbox to Model your data. Learn more about modelling data sources.
  8. Click Continue.
  9. Name, choose refresh settings, and, optionally, share your data source.
  10. Click Save.

How do I add Google Calendar pre-built Klips?

In the Klip Gallery or, for White Label customers, in the Integration Gallery you can browse individual Google Calendar pre-built Klips and add them to your dashboard. You replace the sample data that is included in pre-built Klips with your own Google Calendar data by clicking the menu in the Klip and selecting Connect your data.

How do I create a Google Calendar custom-built data source?

To create a Google Calendar custom-built data source:

  1. Navigate to the Service Connectors page in Klipfolio and choose Google Calendar from the list.
  2. On the Choose a pre-built or custom connection page, click Create a custom Google Calendar data source.
  3. If this is your first time connecting to Google Calendar:
    • Click Connect an account. Enter your Google Calendar login credentials and click Next. If prompted, click Allow Access to enable Klipfolio to securely access your Google Calendar data. Click Continue.
  4. If you have connected with Google Calendar before:
    • Select an existing connection (token) from the drop-down list and click Continue.
  5. Adjust the Query URL information, as noted on the Configure your data source page, to replace any generic placeholder query information with your own.
    For example, replace <yourCalendarID> with your own Calendar ID.
  6. Edit the Query URL to return the data you need. Refer to the Google Calendar API documentation for details.
  7. Click Get data.
  8. Ensure this is the data you’re looking for. Optionally, select the checkbox to Model your data. Learn more about modelling data sources.
  9. Click Continue.
  10. Name, choose refresh settings, and, optionally, share your data source.
  11. Click Save.

How do I create a Google Calendar custom Klip?

You create custom Klips from either your list of Klips or your Dashboard. You choose a data visualization format, for example, a pie chart, gauge, or table, and decide whether you want to use an existing data source or create a new one. In the Klip Editor, there are limitless opportunities to modify, relate, and display your data. See the following related articles for more information and get building!

More about Google Calendar's API and queries

Klipfolio connects to hundreds of services in the cloud that have a REST API. If you take the time to learn your service’s API to create queries for the data you want, your possibilities are endless. Here’s a quick overview video on APIs and Klipfolio:

Klipfolio API's 101

If you need assistance using APIs, enlist a data analyst or developer.

Use the Google Calendar API Explorer to build and test your queries before you use them to bring data into Klipfolio.

Refer to the Google Calendar API documentation to discover more data requests.

See the reference table below for API related information and sample queries.

API Documentation Google Calendar API documentation
API Explorer Google Calendar API Explorer
Authentication Method OAuth Token Authentication
Response Format JSON
Sample Queries

To get all the events in a calendar:

https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3/calendars/<calendarID>/events/

To get all the events in a calendar for a specific time period:

https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3/calendars/<calendarID>/events?timeMin={date.startOfWeek.format("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss")}&timeMax={date.endOfWeek.format("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss")}

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