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Expand Up @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ In order to focus on simplicity and speed, Plausible Analytics does not support

For this reason, we have created an official integration with the free data visualization tool, Google Looker Studio (formerly known as Data Studio). You can use our Looker Studio connector to build custom reports with your Plausible Analytics data.

Here's how to get started with our official Looker Studio connector.
Here's how to get started with our official Looker Studio connector.

<img alt="Plausible Analytics Looker Studio template" src={useBaseUrl('img/plausible-looker-studio.png')} />

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Our connector is currently in beta and undergoing a review by Google. This is why you see the note stating: "This connector has not been verified or reviewed"
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## Insert your Plausible stats API key
## Insert your Plausible Stats API key

After authorizing your Google account, you will be prompted to enter your Plausible Analytics stats API key. You can create a new API key for our stats API by going to your Plausible Analytics account, navigating to "**Account Settings**" and clicking on the section called "**API Keys**".
After authorizing your Google account, you will be prompted to enter your Plausible Analytics Stats API key. You can create a new API key for our Stats API by going to your Plausible Analytics account, navigating to "**Account Settings**" and clicking on the section called "**API Keys**".

Click "**New API Key**" and be sure you save the result as you will only see the key once. However, you can always delete the key and create a new one if you no longer remember what it is.
Click the "**New API Key**" button and be sure to save the result as you will only see the key once. However, you can always delete the key and create a new one if you no longer remember what it is.

<img alt="Create your Plausible stats API key" src={useBaseUrl('img/create-stats-api-key-looker.png')} />

Then you will just need to paste your stats API key into Looker Studio where you are prompted to enter your key. Once you do this, you will see a dropdown menu with all of the Plausible Sites connected to your account.
Simply paste your API key into Looker Studio when prompted. After that, you'll see a dropdown menu showing all the sites linked to your Plausible account.

<img alt="Insert your Plausible API key" src={useBaseUrl('img/plausible-api-looker.png')} />

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You can select one or more of your Plausible sites to create a custom report. Simply tick the box next to each site that you want to include data for.

At this stage, you can check to "**Allow "Plausible Site(s)" to be modified in reports**". This option is something Looker Studio presents by default. It enables you to have a report with a drop-down to toggle your Plausible site(s) directly in the report. Not checking this box would disable that ability.
At this stage, you can check to "**Allow "Plausible Site(s)" to be modified in reports**". This default option in Looker Studio lets you add a dropdown in your report to switch between your Plausible sites. If you don’t check it, you won’t have this feature.

You also have the ability to choose whether or not you want to constantly pull data in real-time by checking the "**Data Refreshed in Real-time**" box. Looker Studio does not refresh automatically but what this does is it will force Looker Studio to pull fresh data whenever you make a change to your report, say changing the order of a table or adding new metrics.
You also have the ability to choose whether or not you want to constantly pull data in real-time by checking the "**Data Refreshed in Real-time**" box. Looker Studio doesn’t refresh automatically, so this option ensures it fetches fresh data whenever you make changes to your report, like reordering tables or adding metrics.

If this box is not checked, the connector will by default cache data for 6 hours. This will make your reports quicker and will limit the number of API requests used by the connector which for most Plausible plans are limited to 600 per hour. If you have special needs for more API requests per hour, please [contact us](https://plausible.io/contact) to request more capacity.

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