Connect Yext to Supermetrics to start pulling your search data seamlessly into your reporting.
If you need to connect this data source to one of our data warehouse or cloud storage destinations, explore our prerequisite and filling guides.
Before you begin
To connect Supermetrics to Yext, you'll need an app and an API key.
- Log in to Yext and open your dashboard.
- On the left-side menu, click Developer and then Developer Console.
- Click + Add an app in the top right corner.
- Enter a name for your app ("Supermetrics", for example) and click Create app.
- Click the API Credentialstab and select these permissions:
- Analytics: Read-only
- Administrative: Read-only
- Click Save.
- After saving your app, navigate to API Credentials and then API Keys.
- Click the eye icon to show the API key.
- Copy the API Key. Be careful to keep it secure.
Instructions
For Excel users
If your team uses Supermetrics for Excel, you'll see different options for managing and sharing data source connections in that destination. Learn more.
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 Yext.
- Give your Yext login a memorable name under Account Name.
- Enter the App Key in the Yext API Key field.
- Click Start.
Learn about advanced settings, best practices, and troubleshooting tips for Supermetrics for Google Sheets.
Make sure you've connected Supermetrics to Data Studio before following the steps below.
- Open the Supermetrics data source gallery.
- Navigate to Yext and click Try.
- Click Authorize.
- If you're connecting Yext for the first time, log in with the Google Account you use with Supermetrics. Click Allow.
- Click Authorize.
- Give your Yext login a memorable name under Account Name.
- Enter the App Key in the Yext API Key field.
- 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.
Learn about advanced settings, best practices, and troubleshooting tips for Supermetrics for Data Studio.
Make sure you've installed the Supermetrics add-on before you connect.
- Open an Excel file.
- Click Data → Show Supermetrics.
- Under Data source, select Yext.
- Choose to make this connection shared or private.
- Give your Yext login a memorable name under Account Name.
- Enter the App Key in the Yext API Key field.
- Click Start.
Learn about advanced settings, best practices, and troubleshooting tips for Supermetrics for Excel.