Google Drive Connector for SSRS Read / write Google Drive data inside your app; perform many Google Drive operations without coding, just using easy to use high performance API Connector for Google Drive In this article you will learn how to quickly and efficiently integrate Google Drive data in SSRS without coding. We will use high-performance Google Drive Connector to easily connect to Google Drive and then access the data inside SSRS. Let's follow the steps below to see how we can accomplish that! Download Documentation Google Drive Connector for SSRS is based on ZappySys API Driver which is part of ODBC PowerPack. It is a collection of high-performance ODBC drivers that enable you to integrate data in SQL Server, SSIS, a programming language, or any other ODBC-compatible application. ODBC PowerPack supports various file formats, sources and destinations, including REST/SOAP API, SFTP/FTP, storage services, and plain files, to mention a few.

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Video Tutorial - Integrate Google Drive data in SSRS

This video covers the following topics and more, so please watch carefully. After watching the video, follow the steps outlined in this article:

• How to download and install the required PowerPack for Google Drive integration in SSRS
• How to configure the connection for Google Drive
• Features of the ZappySys API Driver (Authentication / Query Language / Examples / Driver UI)
• How to use the Google Drive in SSRS

Create Data Source in ZappySys Data Gateway based on API Driver

1. Download and install ODBC PowerPack.

2. Search for gateway in start menu and Open ZappySys Data Gateway:
   

3. Go to Users Tab to add our first Gateway user. Click Add; we will give it a name tdsuser and enter password you like to give. Check Admin option and click OK to save. We will use these details later when we create linked server:
   

4. Now we are ready to add a data source. Click Add, give data source a name (Copy this name somewhere, we will need it later) and then select Native - ZappySys API Driver. Finally, click OK. And it will create the Data Set for it and open the ZS driver UI.

   GoogleDriveDSN

   
   

5. When the Configuration window appears give your data source a name if you haven't done that already, then select "Google Drive" from the list of Popular Connectors. If "Google Drive" is not present in the list, then click "Search Online" and download it. Then set the path to the location where you downloaded it. Finally, click Continue >> to proceed with configuring the DSN:

   GoogleDriveDSN

   Google Drive

   

6. Now it's time to configure the Connection Manager. Select Authentication Type, e.g. Token Authentication. Then select API Base URL (in most cases, the default one is the right one). More info is available in the Authentication section.

    User Account [OAuth]

   User accounts represent a developer, administrator, or any other person who interacts with Google APIs and services. User accounts are managed as Google Accounts, either with Google Workspace or Cloud Identity. They can also be user accounts that are managed by a third-party identity provider and federated with Workforce Identity Federation. [API reference]

   Steps how to get and use Google Drive credentials
   

   Follow these steps on how to create Client Credentials (User Account principle) to authenticate and access Google Drive API in SSIS package or ODBC data source:

   WARNING: If you are planning to automate processes, we recommend that you use a Service Account authentication method. In case, you still need to use User Account, then make sure you use a system/generic account (e.g. automation@my-company.com). When you use a personal account which is tied to a specific employee profile and that employee leaves the company, the token may become invalid and any automated processes using that token will start to fail.

   Step-1: Create project

   This step is optional, if you already have a project in Google Cloud and can use it. However, if you don't, proceed with these simple steps to create one:

   1. First of all, go to Google API Console.

   2. Then click Select a project button and then click NEW PROJECT button:

      

   3. Name your project and click CREATE button:

      

   4. Wait until the project is created:

      
   5. Done! Let's proceed to the next step.

   Step-2: Enable Google Drive API

   In this step we will enable Google Drive API:

   1. Select your project on the top bar:

      

   2. Then click the "hamburger" icon on the top left and access APIs & Services:

      

   3. Now let's enable several APIs by clicking ENABLE APIS AND SERVICES button:

      

   4. In the search bar search for drive and then locate and select Google Drive API:

      

   5. Enable Google Drive API:

      
   6. Done! Let's proceed to the next step.

   Step-3: Create OAuth application

   1. First of all, click the "hamburger" icon on the top left and then hit VIEW ALL PRODUCTS:

      

   2. Then access Google Auth Platform to start creating an OAuth application:

      

   3. Start by pressing GET STARTED button:

      

   4. Next, continue by filling in App name and User support email fields:

      

   5. Choose Internal option, if it's enabled, otherwise select External:

      

   6. Optional step if you used Internal option in the previous step. Nevertheless, if you had to use External option, then click ADD USERS to add a user:

      

   7. Then add your contact Email address:

      

   8. Finally, check the checkbox and click CREATE button:

      
   9. Done! Let's create Client Credentials in the next step.

   Step-4: Create Client Credentials

   1. In Google Auth Platform, select Clients menu item and click CREATE CLIENT button:

      

   2. Choose Desktop app as Application type and name your credentials:

      

   3. Continue by opening the created credentials:

      

   4. Finally, copy Client ID and Client secret for the later step:

      
   5. Done! We have all the data needed for authentication, let's proceed to the last step!

   Step-5: Configure connection

   1. Now go to SSIS package or ODBC data source and use previously copied values in User Account authentication configuration:

      • In the ClientId field paste the Client ID value.
      • In the ClientSecret field paste the Client secret value.

   2. Press Generate Token button to generate Access and Refresh Tokens.

   3. Finally, click Test Connection to confirm the connection is working.

   4. Done! Now you are ready to use Google Drive Connector!

   Fill in all required parameters and set optional parameters if needed:

   GoogleDriveDSN

   Google Drive

   User Account [OAuth]

   https://www.googleapis.com/

   Required Parameters
   UseCustomApp	Fill-in the parameter...
   Optional Parameters
   ClientId
   ClientSecret
   Scope	https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
   RetryMode	RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch
   RetryStatusCodeList	403|429
   RetryCountMax	5
   RetryMultiplyWaitTime	True
   Redirect URL (Only for Web App)

   

    Service Account [OAuth]

   Service accounts are accounts that do not represent a human user. They provide a way to manage authentication and authorization when a human is not directly involved, such as when an application needs to access Google Cloud resources. Service accounts are managed by IAM. [API reference]

   Steps how to get and use Google Drive credentials
   

   Follow these steps on how to create Service Account to authenticate and access Google Drive API in SSIS package or ODBC data source:

   Step-1: Create project

   This step is optional, if you already have a project in Google Cloud and can use it. However, if you don't, proceed with these simple steps to create one:

   1. First of all, go to Google API Console.

   2. Then click Select a project button and then click NEW PROJECT button:

      

   3. Name your project and click CREATE button:

      

   4. Wait until the project is created:

      
   5. Done! Let's proceed to the next step.

   Step-2: Enable Google Drive API

   In this step we will enable Google Drive API:

   1. Select your project on the top bar:

      

   2. Then click the "hamburger" icon on the top left and access APIs & Services:

      

   3. Now let's enable several APIs by clicking ENABLE APIS AND SERVICES button:

      

   4. In the search bar search for drive and then locate and select Google Drive API:

      

   5. Enable Google Drive API:

      
   6. Done! Let's proceed to the next step.

   Step-3: Create Service Account

   Use the steps below to create a Service Account in Google Cloud:

   1. First of all, go to IAM & Admin in Google Cloud console:

      

   2. Once you do that, click Service Accounts on the left side and click CREATE SERVICE ACCOUNT button:

      

   3. Then name your service account and click CREATE AND CONTINUE button:

      

   4. Continue by clicking Select a role dropdown and start granting service account Project Viewer roles:

      

   5. Find Project group and select Viewer role:

      

   6. Finish adding roles by clicking CONTINUE button:

      
      You can always add or modify permissions later in IAM & Admin.

   7. Finally, in the last step, just click button DONE:

      

   8. Done! We are ready to add a Key to this service account in the next step.

   Step-4: Add Key to Service Account

   We are ready to add a Key (JSON or P12 file) to the created Service Account:

   1. In Service Accounts open newly created service account:

      

   2. Next, copy email address of your service account for the later step:

      

   3. Continue by selecting KEYS tab, then press ADD KEY dropdown, and click Create new key menu item:

      

   4. Finally, select JSON (Engine v19+) or P12 option and hit CREATE button:

      
   5. Key file downloads into your machine. We have all the data needed for authentication, let's proceed to the last step!

   Step-5: Share Google Drive files and folders with Service Account

   Now it's time to grant Google Drive read/write permissions to the created service account:

   1. Login to https://drive.google.com with Google account credentials whose files/folders you want to share with the service account.

   2. Select the file or folder, right-click on it, click Share menu item, and then hit Share subitem:

      

   3. Share it with your service account:

      

   4. Grant it appropriate permissions, e.g. Viewer or Editor (for reading or writing):

      
   5. That's it! Let's proceed to the configuration!

   Step-6: Configure connection

   1. Now go to SSIS package or ODBC data source and configure these fields in Service Account authentication configuration:

      • In the Service Account Email field paste the service account Email address value you copied in the previous step.
      • In the Service Account Private Key Path (i.e. *.json or *.p12) field use downloaded certificate's file path.
   2. Done! Now you are ready to use Google Drive Connector!

   Fill in all required parameters and set optional parameters if needed:

   GoogleDriveDSN

   Google Drive

   Service Account [OAuth]

   https://www.googleapis.com/

   Required Parameters
   Service Account Email	Fill-in the parameter...
   Service Account Private Key Path (i.e. *.json OR *.p12)	Fill-in the parameter...
   Optional Parameters
   Scope	https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
   RetryMode	RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch
   RetryStatusCodeList	403|429
   RetryCountMax	5
   RetryMultiplyWaitTime	True
   Impersonate As (Google account email address)

   

7. Once the data source connection has been configured, it's time to configure the SQL query. Select the Preview tab and then click Query Builder button to configure the SQL query:

   

   ZappySys API Driver - Google Drive

   Read / write Google Drive data inside your app; perform many Google Drive operations without coding, just using easy to use high performance API Connector for Google Drive

   GoogleDriveDSN

   

8. Start by selecting the Table or Endpoint you are interested in and then configure the parameters. This will generate a query that we will use in SSRS to retrieve data from Google Drive. Hit OK button to use this query in the next step.

   SELECT * FROM Drive

   
   Some parameters configured in this window will be passed to the Google Drive API, e.g. filtering parameters. It means that filtering will be done on the server side (instead of the client side), enabling you to get only the meaningful data much faster.

9. Now hit Preview Data button to preview the data using the generated SQL query. If you are satisfied with the result, use this query in SSRS:

   

   ZappySys API Driver - Google Drive

   Read / write Google Drive data inside your app; perform many Google Drive operations without coding, just using easy to use high performance API Connector for Google Drive

   GoogleDriveDSN

   SELECT * FROM Drive

   
   You can also access data quickly from the tables dropdown by selecting <Select table>.
   A WHERE clause, LIMIT keyword will be performed on the client side, meaning that the whole result set will be retrieved from the Google Drive API first, and only then the filtering will be applied to the data. If possible, it is recommended to use parameters in Query Builder to filter the data on the server side (in Google Drive servers).

10. Click OK to finish creating the data source.

Read data in SSRS from ZappySys Data Gateway

1. Open Visual Studio and create a new SSRS project

2. Then add a new Shared Data Source (you can create a non-shared data source inside report too):

   

3. Continue with creating the Shared Data Source. Select Microsoft SQL Server as Type and hit Build button to proceed further:

   

4. Once a window opens, configure it similarly. Configure "GoogleDriveDSN" as database name. Finally, hit Test Connection and OK:

   GoogleDriveDSN

   

5. Another window opens, and it should look similarly to this one below which ends the creation of a Data Source:

   DataSource=localhost,5000;Initial Catalog=GoogleDriveDSN

   

6. Now it's time to create a Dataset. If you don't have a report created, in one of the wizard's steps it will look like this:

   SELECT * FROM Drive

   

7. Finally, once you complete the report, similar results will show up:

   

Passing Parameters to SSRS Report / Filter data

If you want to parameterize your report, then refer to this article

Actions supported by Google Drive Connector

Learn how to perform common Google Drive actions directly in SSRS with these how-to guides:

• Create a folder
• Delete all items
• Delete an item
• Download a file
• Duplicate a file
• Empty trash
• Export a file
• Get file info
• Get my drive info
• List deleted files / folders
• List files (Recursive)
• List files / folders from a parent folder (Recursive)
• List folders
• Lists shared drives
• Replace file data (keep same file id)
• Search items (i.e. files / folders)
• Update metadata in a file
• Upload a file
• Upload a file (with overwrite action)
• Generic Request
• Generic Request (Bulk Write)

Conclusion

In this article we showed you how to connect to Google Drive in SSRS and integrate data without any coding, saving you time and effort. It's worth noting that ZappySys API Driver allows you to connect not only to Google Drive, but to any Java application that supports JDBC (just use a different JDBC driver and configure it appropriately).

We encourage you to download Google Drive Connector for SSRS and see how easy it is to use it for yourself or your team.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact ZappySys support team. You can also open a live chat immediately by clicking on the chat icon below.

Download Google Drive Connector for SSRS Documentation

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