Guide: Using Zapier with Databox
You’re able to connect to hundreds of apps and services via Zapier, and send data right into Databox.
If there is a source of data out there that is meaningful to you, our mission is to make it as easy as possible to pull it into Databox.
In this article:
Zapier acts as a universal data connector that will bridge the gap between Databox and other products. You can send various metrics and events to Databox via Zapier and register them as datapoints that will show up on any visualization you choose.
Here is short video tutorial showing you how to connect Zapier with Databox:
If you prefer text and pictures, follow the directions below.
1. Create a new token
To get started, you’ll first need to get your token in Databox.
2. Create a new Zap
If you didn’t use one of our templates, you can create your own Zap by switching over to Zapier.
In a real-life scenario, your trigger can be any event you want to observe and keep track of in Databox. For example: every time you get a new user in Intercom, a new email subscriber in Campaign Monitor, a new transaction in Stripe, or maybe when a row in Google Sheets has been added or updated (read more about converting Google Sheets into a live Mobile Dashboard via Zapier).
Define the action that follows that trigger. Databox has a pretty straightforward logic with Zapier. Every action that is triggered in a Zap can:
- count as one event and will increment the current daily value, stored under that key in Databox (‘Increase counter action‘) or
- push any custom data to Databox (‘Push Custom Data‘).
The difference between those actions is pretty straightforward. The ‘ Increase counter action‘ increments a specified metric by 1 every time this action happens, where the ‘Push Custom Data‘ option let’s you store custom values to a metric in Databox.
Select an existing Databox account in Zapier or create a new one. To create a new one just use the push token that you generated earlier in the Databox platform.
Choose a name for your metric, e.g. ‘Incoming email count’ and test the action you’ve just set up.
Turn your Zap on and the data will be pushed to Databox!
3. Visualize data pushed from Zapier
To display the data that will be pushed from Zapier you’ll need to create a visualization (called ‘Datablock’ – click here to read more about adding and modifying Datablocks).
Here are the steps to do so:
But remember: if you just created your Zap, date ranges ‘Last 7 days’, ‘Last 14 days’, etc. is the previous 7 (or 14) days not including today. To test drive your Zap with data pushed today, try the interval ‘Today’. After a few days, historical data will be gathered and your Weekly and Monthly charts will look awesome.
And that’s it! To play more with the data gathered from Zapier, just check out the Advanced settings popup where you’ll have all the options you need (changing the granulation, aggregation, format, scaling, etc.). Click here to read more about that.