LinkedIn Sales Navigator (Beta)

Summary

Item Description
Release State Beta
Products Power BI (Semantic models)
Authentication Types Supported Organizational Account
Function Reference Documentation

Prerequisites

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

Capabilities supported

  • Import

Connect to LinkedIn Sales Navigator

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).

    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.

    Third-party warning.

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

    Prompt for which information to provide.

  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.

    Sign in to LinkedIn.

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

    Select data with Navigator

    Once you've selected the data you require, either select Transform Data to continue tranforming 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.

Getting help

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