The way Oncrawl handles connectors ensures that anyone who wishes to share their own dataset from a third-party service can define the exact scope they wish to retrieve and integrate it within a project. This third-party service is a connected app, such as an external analytics platform.

This allows the person who owns the data to define the scope of a data source once, assign it to a project, and share it with any collaborators while preventing any sensitive data leaks. The set of data from the connected app that can be shared and used in Oncrawl is the data source.

Oncrawl connectors offer the following advantages:

Go to your user account.

Navigate into Connected apps, then click on Adobe Analytics (OAuth).

Define a unique Adobe label. This is the name of your connection between Oncrawl and Adobe. You might want to call it "Oncrawl x Adobe".

Then, enter your Adobe Analytics credentials so that Oncrawl can access your third party service data subset.

Once the previous step has been completed, go on the Projects page, select the project to which you would like to connect the data source, and click on Add data sources.

Then, go into the Adobe Analytics tab and click on Add a new source.

Select the connected app you previously set up.

Define a scope for your data source by selecting Select all OR by doing a manual selection.

Finally, enter a data source name. This is the name you will see in your crawl profile, or anywhere else you use this data source in Oncrawl.

Your data source is ready to be used in this project.

From the project screen, click on Set up a new crawl.

Then, scroll down to the Analysis block and tick the checkbox for the connector you wish to set up (in our example: Adobe Analytics).

Select the data source previously defined. Then, select one of the report suites that the owner chose to include in this data source.

Your data source is now available in the project and ready to be used in a crawl.

💡 Note: This process can also be accessed from the project page by clicking on on Add data sources.

Our connector redesign provides enhanced flexibility for editing or removing a current data source. If you encounter the case where some data sources were created by a consultant or a colleague who no longer has access to your Oncrawl project, these actions aim to help you adjust your settings accordingly.

Navigate to the Add a data source section, then click on the specific connector tab (in our example Adobe Analytics).

Note: You cannot delete a data source that is being used by a crawl profile. If you click on Show usage, you can see that the crawl profile named default uses your data source test adobe Oauth. This button is useful and can inform you whether or not you are allowed to delete a data source.

Now, click on the dot component, then click on the Delete button.

A message will inform you that a crawl profile currently relies on test Adobe Oauth and you need to change it before deleting the data source.

If you want to continue the deletion process, all you have to do is head to your crawl settings: Either by adding a new data source of your own or selecting another data source available in the crawl profile.

Option A

Option B

Then, save your operation.

Go back into the Add data sources screen, then to the connector tab, then click on Delete.

As you may notice, none of the crawl profiles use your data source, so you are now free to delete test adobe Oauth

Data source has been removed.

To proceed, you need to go to the Add data sources screen, click on the dots component.

Then, you are free to replace the data in this data source by selecting a current connection or by creating a new one with your own credentials.

This is the same operation as before, but you need to click on the Rename button.