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Google Play Setup Guide

How to active your Google Play connector on Looker Studio (former GDS) using Easy App Reports

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Written by Felipe Sebastiao
Updated over 3 months ago

IMPORTANT - To set up your Google Play connector you'll need:

  • An active Easy App Reports subscription

  • Google Chrome (best browser for Looker Studio)

  • Admin-level access to your Google Play Console Developer Account
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Also, please be aware that Google takes up to 30 hours to release your data on Looker Studio after you grant access to our services account.


This setup is divided into two parts


Full tutorial - video version ๐Ÿ“น

Watch every step we connect Google Play account into Easy App Reports:

Since August 2024, the "Manage Store Presence" permission is no longer necessary.

Full tutorial - written version โœ๏ธ

Part 1 - Finding your Bucket ID and granting access to our Google Services account

  1. First, sign in to your Google Developer Account (aka, Google Play Console)
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  2. Select any option below the "Download Reports" section on the menu

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  3. Click on "Copy Cloud Storage API"

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  4. Paste it on your notes, selecting the section between "gs://" and " /stats/. That's your Bucket ID (also known as Bucket Name).

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  5. Now please invite our Google Services account (see yours here) under the "Users and Permissions" menu.
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    You must give it the following permissions:
    (1) View app information and download bulk reports (read-only);
    (2) View financial data, orders, and cancellation survey responses.
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    โ€‹THIS IS KEY: make sure both "App Permissions" and "Account Permissions" were given. You can find those two tabs under "Permission":


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  6. Now you can go to your Google Play Setup page and add your Bucket ID:

Part 2 - Activating your Looker Studio connector

Once you see a success message later, you can use your connector (tip: hit the "Save" button on your account to check the status).
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  1. Log in with the email and password from your Easy App Reports account

  2. From this point on, your connector is already active. Make sure to leave that checkbox marked if you want to use the free template we provide and pick which report you'd like to use, and hit "Connect"

    data studio - select which report you want to use

    Each report contains different kinds of data but don't worry: you can add multiple reports to the same dashboard. See the full list of fields available on this link.
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  3. That's it ๐Ÿ†


Can't validate your setup?

Check this article with the most common Google Play setup issues to find solutions on how to solve them.


Conclusion

From now on, your data will remain available if you don't remove the API keys under your account and own an active subscription.

This means no more dealing with CSVs and wasting time to build your app reports! I hope you have a great one with us.

And if you're struggling with your setup, feel free to message us on the chat. We'll be happy to help!


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