連接器可將 Looker Studio 連結至基礎資料。連結資料後，Looker Studio 中就會建立資料來源。
資料來源代表連接器的特定執行個體，例如連線至特定 BigQuery 資料表或查詢、Google Analytics 資源或 Google 試算表。資料來源可讓您設定欄位和選項，這些欄位和選項是由用於建立該連線執行個體的連接器提供。此外，資料來源還提供安全的方式，讓您與無法直接存取基礎資料的報表檢視者分享資訊和洞察資料。
憑證決定誰能存取資料來源提供的資料。
關於連接器
連接器會將基礎資料連結至 Looker Studio 資料來源。連接器專門用來連結您要在 Looker Studio 中顯示的資料。舉例來說，Google 已建構各種 Google 和非 Google 產品的連接器，包括 BigQuery、Google 試算表、Google Analytics 和 MySQL 資料庫。您也可以使用第三方開發人員建構的連接器，將 Bing、Facebook Ads 和 Salesforce 等各種非 Google 產品的資料視覺化。
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