LinkedIn 

LinkedIn is a social networking site designed for the business community. You can use LinkedIn as a data source when landing or replicating data.

The following APIs and scopes are supported:

• Advertising API

  • Ads (permission: r_ads)

  • Ads Reporting (permission: r_ads_reporting )

• Community Management API

  • Organization (permission: r_organization)

  • Organization admin (permission: r_organization_admin)

  • Members (permission: r_members)

• Lead Sync API

  • Organization admin (permission: r_organization_admin)

  • Ads Lead Generation Automation (permission: r_ads_leadgen_automation)

  • Events Lead Generation Automation (permission: r_events)

• Matched Audiences

  • DMP Segments (permission: rw_dmp_segments)

For more information about the LinkedIn API products and permissions, see API Products and Permissions.

• For more information about connecting to SaaS applications, see Łączenie się z aplikacjami SaaS.

• For more information about Lite connectors, see Klasyfikacje łączników aplikacji SaaS.

• Depending on your use case, you might need to install Data Movement gateway to move data from SaaS applications. For more information, see Kiedy jest wymagana brama Data Movement gateway?.

Feature snapshot

Feature/Functionality	Support details
Supported Qlik Talend Data Integration projects	Data pipeline projects and Replication projects.
Metody aktualizacji celu	Landing tasks: Change data capture (CDC) Reload and compare Replication tasks: Change data capture (CDC) using Change Tables Full load Landing data in a data lake tasks: Change data capture (CDC) Reload
Zarządzanie metadanymi	Manual metadata generation is required.
Ewolucja schematu	Fully supported
Replication of LOB columns (NCLOB, CLOB, and BLOB)	Determined by the task type: Landing tasks: Supports limited LOB size only Replication tasks: Supports unlimited LOB
Scheduled CDC	Only required when accessing data sources without Data Movement gateway.
Notifications	Fully supported Ustawianie powiadomień o zmianach w działaniu
Monitoring	Fully supported Monitorowanie indywidualnego zadania danych
Automatic denesting of JSON column payloads	Fully supported

Preparing for authentication

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

Get your client ID and client secret

1. Select your application in the LinkedIn Developer Portal.

2. Click the Auth tab to view your application credentials.

3. Make sure that https://connector.qlik.com/auth/oauth/v3.htm is added as the re-direct URL.

Creating the connection

For more information, see Łączenie się z aplikacjami SaaS.

1. Click Authenticate when you have filled in the required connection settings.

   You may be asked to log in to the source application.

   A window is displayed with an authentication code.

2. Copy the code to the clipboard and return to the connection dialog.

3. Paste the code in Complete authentication with the code provided by the source and click Verify.

   WskazówkaYou may need to scroll down to see this field.

   When status is Verified,the authentication is verified.

4. Provide a name for the connection in Connection name.

5. Select Open connection metadata to define metadata for the connection when it has been created.