Connecting Bold BI to Slack data source

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

Choose Slack data source

To configure the Slack data source, follow the below 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 Slack connection in the connection panel.

NOTE: You can also create a data source from the home page by clicking on 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 Bold ETL.

Basic

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

Create Slack data source

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

Enter a name and description (optional) for the data source.
Click on the API Endpoints down drop box and choose the required endpoint.
Enter a valid REST API endpoint in the URL textbox. Refer to the Slack API documentation for more details.
Click on Custom Url to enter the URL manually.
Select the GET method for the REST API in the Method combo box.
Select a time interval for Refresh Settings using the drop-down menu to periodically trigger the REST API request to keep the data in sync with our dashboard.
Select JSON data type in the Data Format combo box.
The authentication type will automatically be set to Slack since OAuth is used for authenticating with the Slack account.

Data source preview

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

Additional information

Refresh Settings

The period of time before the next refresh call is triggered. This will automatically trigger a call to the API configured in the data source to keep the data up to date.

Sample queries

User conversations

https://slack.com/api/users.conversations

Channels Groups

https://slack.com/api/channels.list

Preview and data import

Click Preview & Connect to connect with the configurations that have been set.
The Choose Schema(s) dialog opens. The schema represents the key fields of JSON data retrieved from Slack Rest API request. This dialog displays a list of schemas in a treeview and its corresponding values in grid for preview. Select required schema(s) from treeview to use in designer and click Connect.
Now, the data design view page with the selected table schema opens. Drag and drop the table.
Click Save to save the data source with a relevant name.

Connected accounts for OAuth data sources

If you have already logged into the account and authenticated with the web data source, the account information will be listed here. You can select one of the accounts or connect to a new account by clicking the Connect New Account button.

OAuth