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Branch connection guide

Follow these steps to connect your Branch data to Supermetrics and use your data in Google Sheets, Excel, Power BI, and the Supermetrics API. You can also connect to data sources from the Supermetrics Hub.


You can share your data source connection with your team and use the connection across all data destinations you use with Supermetrics. Learn more about shared connections.


Before you begin

To connect Supermetrics to your Branch account, you'll need a Branch key and secret. Get the key and key secret from Branch Dashboard → Account Settings → Profile.


To access the Query API, you need to have both Aggregate Data and Export access. Learn more about the Query API in Branch help.


Query types

  • Summary (total): Get the raw organic data for app analytics from the Branch summary dashboard.
  • Summary (unique): Get the unique data for app analytics from the Branch summary dashboard.

Take a look at this article to learn more about the Branch dashboard and the relevant query types and filters to use with Supermetrics.


Instructions

Google Sheets

Make sure you've installed the Supermetrics add-on before you connect.

  1. Open a new Google Sheets file.
  2. Navigate to ExtensionsSupermetricsLaunch sidebar to open Supermetrics.
  3. Click Create new query.
  4. Under Data source, select Branch
  5. Enter your Branch key and secret.
  6. Give your login a name. The name can be anything — its purpose is for you to recognize the login later in case you have multiple logins.
  7. Choose to make this connection shared or private.
  8. Click Start.
  9. Navigate to Report configuration, and select a query type.

Learn about advanced settings, best practices, and troubleshooting tips for Supermetrics for Google Sheets.

Excel

Make sure you've installed the Supermetrics add-on before you connect.

  1. Open an Excel file.
  2. Click DataShow Supermetrics.
  3. Under Data source, select Branch.
  4. Enter your Branch key and secret.
  5. Give your login a name. The name can be anything — its purpose is for you to recognize the login later in case you have multiple logins.
  6. Choose to make this connection shared or private.
  7. Click Start.
  8. Navigate to Report configuration, and select a query type.

Learn about advanced settings, best practices, and troubleshooting tips for Supermetrics for Excel.

Power BI
  1. Log in to the Supermetrics Hub.
  2. In the left-side menu, under Export, click Power BI.
  3. Click Select data source.
  4. Select the Branch data source.
  5. Enter your Branch key and secret.
  6. Give your login a name. The name can be anything — its purpose is for you to recognize the login later in case you have multiple logins.
  7. Click Start.
  8. Fill in the query details.
  9. Click Run query to test your query.
The Supermetrics API
  1. Log in to the Supermetrics Hub.
  2. In the left-side menu, under Transform, click Query Manager (API).
  3. Select for Supermetrics API from the dropdown menu next to the page title.
  4. Click Select data source.
  5. Select the Branch data source.
  6. Enter your Branch key and secret.
  7. Give your login a name. The name can be anything — its purpose is for you to recognize the login later in case you have multiple logins.
  8. Click Start.
  9. Fill in the query details. See detailed instructions on how to set up a Supermetrics API query in Query Manager.
  10. Click Run to test your query.
Supermetrics Hub
  1. Log in to the Supermetrics Hub.
  2. In the left-side menu, select ConnectData sources.
  3. Scroll down to the list of data sources you haven't connected to. You see this list below your existing connections, under the title Connect to new data source.
  4. Hover over the Branch data source, and click Connect.
  5. Enter your Branch key and secret.
  6. Give your login a name. The name can be anything — its purpose is for you to recognize the login later in case you have multiple logins.
  7. Click Start.


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