LinkedIn Sales Navigator (Beta)

Summary

Property Value
Connector LinkedIn Sales Navigator icon LinkedIn Sales Navigator
Products Power BI (semantic models)
Release state Preview
Category Online Services
Authentication kinds OAuth
Data source kind LinkedIn
Function Reference Documentation LinkedIn.SalesContracts
LinkedIn.SalesContractsWithReportAccess
LinkedIn.SalesNavigator
LinkedIn.SalesNavigatorAnalytics
LinkedIn.SalesNavigatorAnalyticsImpl
Support link Support

Prerequisites

A LinkedIn Sales Navigator account. If you don't already have an account, sign up for a free trial.

Supported capabilities

  • Import

Parameters

Entry point: LinkedIn.SalesNavigator

Required parameter count: 1

LinkedIn Sales Navigator

Parameter Display name Required Type Description Allowed values Sample values Nullable Declared allowed values
selectContracts Return data for these contracts Yes text Get data for either all contracts you have report access to, or just selected contracts. Choose the contracts in the Query Editor as you load data. "All Contracts"; "Selected Contracts" false ["All Contracts", "Selected Contracts"]
startAt Start Date No nullable date First date for which data should be retrieved. If left blank, then defaults to load 90 days of data, up to and including the End Date. "2018-10-30" true
endAt End Date No nullable date Last date for which data should be retrieved. If left blank, then defaults to today. "2018-10-30" true

Connect from Power Query Desktop

To connect to LinkedIn Sales Navigator data:

  1. Select Get Data from the Home ribbon in Power BI Desktop. Select Online Services from the categories on the left, then scroll until you see LinkedIn Sales Navigator (Beta).

    Screenshot of Get Data in Power BI Desktop.

    Select Connect to continue.

  2. You'll be advised that you're connecting to a third-party connecter that's still under development.

    Screenshot of the third-party connector warning.

  3. When you select Continue, you're prompted to specify which data you want.

    Screenshot of the prompt for connection information.

  4. In the LinkedIn Sales Navigator window that appears, select which data you want to return, either All contacts or Selected contacts from the first drop-down selector. You can then specify the start and end dates to constrain the data it receives to a particular time window.

  5. Once you've provided the information, Power BI Desktop connects to the data associated with your LinkedIn Sales Navigator contract. Use the same email address you use to sign in to LinkedIn Sales Navigator through the website.

    Screenshot of the LinkedIn sign-in page.

  6. When you connect successfully, you're prompted to select the required data from your LinkedIn Sales Navigator contract from the Navigator.

    Screenshot of data selection in Navigator.

    Once you've selected the data you require, either select Transform Data to continue transforming the data in the Power Query editor, or select Load to load the data into Power BI Desktop. Once in Power BI Desktop, you can create whatever reports you like with your LinkedIn Sales Navigator data.

Additional information

Getting help

If you run into problems when connecting to your data, contact LinkedIn Sales Navigator support.