In e-commerce data analysis, merchants often face challenges, such as the difficulty of acquiring data, the complexity of processing and integrating data from multiple platforms, and the lack of professional analytical strategies. A Lingyang One Analysis data source lets you directly connect to data from various e-commerce platforms in Quick BI for thematic and correlation analysis. This solves data acquisition and integration challenges and lets you explore analytical methods tailored to your business.
Prerequisites
You have subscribed to Lingyang One Analysis and have a sufficient data quota. For more information, see Subscription and authorization process > How to subscribe.
You have authorized data connections for the relevant e-commerce platforms in Lingyang One Analysis. For more information, see Subscription and authorization process > Data connection authorization.
Limitations
Datasets created from Lingyang One Analysis data sources do not support cross-source join and union operations.
Procedure
Creating a Lingyang One Analysis data source consists of two main steps: obtaining authorization information and creating the data source.
Step 1: Obtain authorization information
Log in to the Lingyang One Analysis platform. In the upper-right corner of the page, hover over your account name and select Personal Information from the drop-down list. This takes you to the Personal Account page, where you can find the AppKey and AppSecret for the current account.
The Lingyang One Analysis platform differentiates between a primary account and sub-accounts. A primary account can grant different platform and store permissions to its sub-accounts. Therefore, the data visible to each sub-account may differ. Ensure that the account associated with your AppKey and AppSecret has the required permissions for the data you want to access.
Step 2: Create the data source
After you obtain the authorization information from Lingyang One Analysis, enter it on the new data source page in Quick BI to connect to the store data from your authorized e-commerce platforms. The procedure is as follows.
Log in to the Quick BI Workbench and go to Data Sources. On the Data Sources page, click Create Data Source in the upper-right corner.
On the Create Data Source page, select Application Services > Lingyang One Analysis. You can also hover over Lingyang One Analysis and click View all connected channels in the pop-up to view all supported e-commerce platforms.
On the configuration page, enter the Lingyang One Analysis authorization information from Step 1.
Click Test Connection. If the test is successful, click Confirm Connection.
On the Preview Data page, you can preview the following information.
Parameter
Description
Authorized Account
The account associated with the entered authorization information. You can click the
icon to return to the Authorize Application step and modify this information.Authorized E-commerce Platforms
The e-commerce platforms that the current account is authorized to access. If no platforms are authorized, click Authorize to open the Lingyang One Analysis platform and grant the required permissions.
Data Source Name
The system generates a default name in the format "Lingyang One_<AccountName>". You can also enter a custom name for the data source.
Click Confirm and Connect to create the data source.
(Optional) On the Data Sources page, you can view and manage your connected Lingyang One Analysis data sources. The following operations are supported:
Collaboration Authorization: Click the
icon to open the Collaboration Authorization dialog box, where you can configure editing and usage permissions for the data source.Edit Data Source: Click the
icon to open the Modify Data Source dialog box, where you can edit the authorization information for the data source.Delete: Click the
icon to delete the data source.Create Dataset: Click the
icon to create a dataset from a table in the data source.View Details: Click the
icon to open a dialog box where you can view data and field details for the data source table.
icon to return to the Authorize Application step and modify this information.
icon to open the Collaboration Authorization dialog box, where you can configure editing and usage permissions for the data source.
icon to open the Modify Data Source dialog box, where you can edit the authorization information for the data source.
icon to delete the data source.
icon to create a dataset from a table in the data source.
icon to open a dialog box where you can view data and field details for the data source table.Next steps
After creating the data source, you can create datasets and analyze your data.
To create a dataset based on the connected Lingyang One Analysis data source, see Create a dataset.
To create visualizations and analyze data, see Create a dashboard and Visualization overview.
To drill down into your data, see Step 3: Drill-down settings and display.