Youtube Analytics

Youtube Analytics is the analytics service by Youtube to better understand your video and channel performance with key metrics.

Youtube Analytics integration replicates data using the Youtube Reporting API and Youtube Data API.

See the Schema section for a list of objects available for replication.

A high-level look at this connector, including useful links, and supported features.

Feature/Capability	Support details
Supported Qlik Talend Data Integration projects	Replication projects only. Data pipeline projects are not supported.
Target update methods	Replication tasks: Apply changes Store changes Landing data in a data lake tasks: Change data capture (CDC)
Managing metadata	Manual metadata generation is not required.
Schema evolution	Only the Change column data type operation is supported.
Replication of LOB columns (NCLOB, CLOB, and BLOB)	Not supported.
Scheduled CDC	Required. This is how the target is kept up-to-date with changes to the source. For replication tasks, see Scheduling tasks For lake landing tasks, see Scheduling CDC for lake landing tasks
Notifications	Partially supported Setting notifications for changes in operation
Monitoring	CDC-only, as full load is not relevant for this connector. Monitoring an individual data task
Automatic denesting of JSON column payloads	Not supported. JSON column payloads in source datasets are not denested automatically on the target.

Preparing for authentication

To access your data, you need to authenticate the connection with your account credentials.

Make sure that the account you use has read access to the tables you want to fetch.

To retrieve your client ID and client secret:

Fill in the required connection properties.
Provide a name for the connection in Connection name.
Select Open connection metadata to define metadata for the connection when it has been created.
Click Create.

Connection settings
Setting	Description
Data gateway	Select a Data Movement gateway if required by your use case. Information note This field is not available with the Qlik Talend Cloud Starter subscription, as it does not support Data Movement gateway. If you have another subscription tier and do not want to use Data Movement gateway, select None. For information on the benefits of Data Movement gateway and use cases that require it, see Qlik Data Gateway - Data Movement.
Start Date	Enter the date, in the format `MM/DD/YYYY`, from which the data must be replicated from your source to your target.
Channel IDs	Youtube channel ID.
Client ID	Client ID.
Client Secret	Client secret.

Schemas and naming conventions can change from version to version. It is recommended to verify your version before continuing.

The schema and info displayed below is for version 2.

Depending on your destination, table and column names may not appear as they are outlined below.

The channels table contains info about the channels in your Youtube Analytics account.

Replication Method

Full Table

Primary Key

Useful links

Youtube Analytics documentation

The playlists table contains info about the playlists in your Youtube Analytics account.

Replication Method

Full Table

Primary Key

Useful links

Youtube Analytics documentation

The playlist_items table contains info about the playlist items in your Youtube Analytics account.

Replication Method	CDC
Primary Key	id
Replication Keys	published_at
Useful links	Youtube Analytics documentation

The videos table contains info about the videos in your Youtube Analytics account.

Replication Method	CDC
Primary Key	id
Replication Keys	published_at
Useful links	Youtube Analytics documentation

The YouTube Reporting Streams table contains info about the reporting streams in your Youtube Analytics account.

Replication Method	CDC
Primary Keys	dimensions_hash_key date
Replication Keys	create_time
Useful links	Youtube Analytics documentation

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