Connecting Bold BI to HubSpot data source

The Bold BI dashboard designer supports connecting to HubSpot web services through the REST API.

Choose HubSpot data source

To configure the HubSpot data source, follow these steps:

Click on the Data Sources button in the configuration panel to add a new data connection.
Click CREATE NEW to launch a new connection from the connection panel.
Select the HubSpot connection in the connection panel.

NOTE: You can also create a data source from the home page by clicking the Data Sources menu on the left menu panel and selecting Create Data Source from the data sources page.

Choose data source from server

Advanced

In the Advanced category, It will Redirect to the Bold ETL. Refer to the Bold ETL.

Basic

In the Basic Category, It will act as the connector in Bold BI and needs to follow the steps below.

Create a HubSpot data source

Once you click on the data source, the NEW DATA SOURCE configuration panel will open. Follow these steps to create a HubSpot data source.

Enter a name and description (optional) for the data source.
Click the API Endpoints dropdown box and choose the required endpoint.
Enter your API KEY in the API key text box.
Click the Custom Url to enter the URL manually. Refer to the HubSpot API documentation for more details.
Select the GET method for the REST API in the Method combo box.
In Max Rows, enter the maximum number of rows to be fetched from the HubSpot data source. This value is used to fetch the data from the HubSpot data source using pagination.
Configure Refresh Settings for choosing the time interval for triggering the Rest API request periodically to keep the data in sync with our dashboard.
Select the JSON data type in the Data Format combo box.
Choose Basic HTTP Authentication in the Authentication Type combo box.

Data source preview

You can also edit the connection information set using the Edit Connection option.

Additional information

Max Rows	Most REST APIs return only a limited amount of data on a single API request. To retrieve the necessary amount of data, you can set a value in this field. Pagination is handled internally and will fetch the required data.
Refresh Settings	Period of time before the next refresh call is triggered. This will automatically trigger a call for the API configured in the data source to keep the data up to date.

Setting up the URL

For example, in order to retrieve the specific deal details, query the /Show Deal endpoint.
Obtain the id of the specific user from the information listed.

Replace it in the URL to query particular conversations:

https://api.hubapi.com/crm/v3/objects/deals/<:dealId>?hapikey=<:yourhapikey>

For more information on the API endpoints available for this data source, refer to their official API Documentation

Sample queries

All Companies

https://api.hubapi.com/crm/v3/objects/companies?hapikey=<:yourhapikey>

All Contacts

https://api.hubapi.com/crm/v3/objects/contacts?hapikey=<:yourhapikey>

All Deals

https://api.hubapi.com/crm/v3/objects/deals?hapikey=<:yourhapikey>

Preview and data import

Click the Preview & Connect to connect with the configurations set.

The Choose Schema(s) dialog opens. The schema represents the key fields of JSON data retrieved from the HubSpot Rest API request. This dialog displays a list of schemas in the treeview and its corresponding values in the grid for preview. Select required schema(s) from the treeview to use in the designer and click Connect.
Now, the data design view page with the selected table schema opens. Drag the table from the tree view table in the left pane and drop it onto the Query designer page.
Click Save to save the data source with a relevant name.

Connect using custom attribute and dashboard parameter

We have added support for custom attributes and dashboard parameters in the data source connection. You can now connect to the data source using custom attributes or dashboard parameters.

Custom Attribute

Custom