Use this guide to connect Facebook Public Data to Supermetrics. Any type of account can connect to this data source — you don't need specific permissions or user roles.
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.
Query types
Facebook Public Data has three query types. Each gathers:
- Facebook Page data: Page data, including Likes, About, and the website link.
- Facebook posts by a Page: Information on posts made to the Page, such as Post link, Reaction counts, and Comment counts.
- Facebook shares for URLs: Data about specific shared URLs, like URL, Share count, and Comment count.
Instructions
Make sure you've installed the Supermetrics add-on before you connect.
- Open a new Google Sheets file.
- Navigate to Extensions → Supermetrics → Launch to open the Supermetrics sidebar.
- Click Create query.
- Under Data source, select Facebook Public Data.
- Navigate to Report configuration.
- Select a query type.
- Add your Page aliases or IDs under Facebook Page aliases/IDs. The alias is the name that follows the www.facebook.com/ address. For example, for www.facebook.com/Supermetrics, the alias is 'Supermetrics'.
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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 Facebook Public Data 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 "Facebook Public Data 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.
- Scroll down and select a query type.
- Add your Page aliases or IDs under Facebook Page aliases/IDs. The alias is the name that follows the www.facebook.com/ address. For example, for www.facebook.com/Supermetrics, the alias is 'Supermetrics'.
- 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 Facebook Public Data.
- Choose to make this connection shared or private.
- Navigate to Report configuration.
- Select a query type.
- Add your Page aliases or IDs under Facebook Page aliases/IDs. The alias is the name that follows the www.facebook.com/ address. For example, for www.facebook.com/Supermetrics, the alias is 'Supermetrics'.
Learn about advanced settings, best practices, and troubleshooting tips for Supermetrics for Excel.