This document discusses using Google Sheets to automatically report on daily CiviCRM event registration comparisons. It describes using CiviReport and scheduled jobs to generate reports from CiviCRM and send them via email in CSV format to Google Sheets. This allows comparing CiviEvent registrations for annual events on a daily basis in Google Sheets. It introduces CiviService, a CiviCRM library for Google Apps Script that enables building a CiviCRM add-on for Google Sheets.

1. Custom reporting from CiviCRM with Google
Sheets
Martin Hawksey
@mhawksey
#CiviCon London 2015

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Context

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Problem
Comparing CiviEvent registrations
for annual events and automatically
reporting on a daily basis

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Goal

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CiviReport

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Scheduled Jobs - Mail Reports
(mail_report)
Generates and sends a copy
of the specified report
instance to the email
addresses configured in that
instance's Report Settings.
instanceId= (required, ID of
report instance to send)
format=csv (optional, to
output the report as a CSV
file instead of default PDF
format)
…
sendmail=0 (optional, tells
the job NOT to email the
report. use this in
combination with print or csv
format to write report to
stdout so you can save it to a
disk file)

9. Don’t hate,
automate

10. Google Apps Script
CC-BY Google – Google Apps Script, 13-03-2012

11. Where..
StandaloneSheets DocsForms Sites

12. What..

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Goal accomplished!!!

18. CiviService – CRM Library for
Google Apps Script

19. … a CiviCRM Add-on for
Google Sheets?

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mashe.hawksey.info
@mhawksey

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