Gmail is Google’s email service that provides secure, reliable email communication for personal and business use. It offers features like spam filtering, search capabilities, and integration with other Google services, making it a popular choice for email management.

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1. Add your Gmail access

1. In the Sources tab, click on the “Add source” button located on the top right of your screen. Then, select the Gmail option from the list of connectors.

2. Click Next and you’ll be prompted to add your access. First of all, authorize Nekt through Google Authorization button. Then, inform a Start Date.

• Start date: Only email messages received after the defined start date will be extracted from the source.

3. Decide about retrieving data from SPAM and Trash inboxes. If the toggle button is green, they will be retrieved as well.

4. Click Next.

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2. Select your Gmail streams

1. The next step is letting us know which streams you want to bring. You can select entire groups of streams or only a subset of them.

• Label: These are the labels that can be included on an email
• Email: These are the email messages

2. Click Next.

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3. Configure your Gmail data streams

1. Customize how you want your data to appear in your catalog. Select the desired layer where the data will be placed, a folder to organize it inside the layer, a name for each table (which will effectively contain the fetched data) and the type of sync.

• Layer: choose between the existing layers on your catalog. This is where you will find your new extracted tables as the extraction runs successfully.
• Folder: a folder can be created inside the selected layer to group all tables being created from this new data source.
• Table name: we suggest a name, but feel free to customize it. You have the option to add a prefix to all tables at once and make this process faster!
• Sync Type: depending on the data you are bringing to the lake, you can choose between INCREMENTAL and FULL_TABLE. Read more about Sync Types here.

2. Click Next.

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4. Configure your Gmail data source

1. Describe your data source for easy identification within your organization. You can inform things like what data it brings, to which team it belongs, etc.

2. To define your Trigger, consider how often you want data to be extracted from this source. This decision usually depends on how frequently you need the new table data updated (every day, once a week, or only at specific times).

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Check your new source!

1. Click Next to finalize the setup. Once completed, you’ll receive confirmation that your new source is set up!

2. You can view your new source on the Sources page. Now, for you to be able to see it on your Catalog, you have to wait for the pipeline to run. You can now monitor it on the Sources page to see its execution and completion. If needed, manually trigger the pipeline by clicking on the refresh icon. Once executed, your new table will appear in the Catalog section.

If you encounter any issues, reach out to us via Slack, and we’ll gladly assist you!