Do you have data that you want to see inside of DigMyData? We have many requests to extract data from a variety of sources and are constantly prioritizing our resources to work on features that bring the most value to the most users. Help us help you by following this guide to get a new data source added to DigMyData.

Our commitment to each other

To see your data source added to DigMyData, you need to commit to:

• Validating that the data is useful to you by using our spreadsheet or RSS feature
• Helping us mockup the DigMyData UI changes
• Provide us access to your account data for testing
• Test the new data extractor and features on a test server

We commit to:

• Holding your data in strict confidence
• Once agreed, applying development resources to implement the new data extractor and features
• Supporting that data extractor for as long as we have customers that use it.
• We understand that everyone is busy and we don’t expect that everyone will have time for this commitment (but we can still be friends).

Validation

Before requesting a data extractor be added to DigMyData:

• Identify what data lines you would want in DigMyData from this data source
• Think about what you would want to have happen when you click to drill down into a single data point.
• See if the data source already supports exporting to XLS/CSV or getting an RSS feed of the data. If so, import the data into DigMyData so that you can get a feel of what it is like working with the data in DigMyData and what other data you would want to relate it to.

Implementation

After validation, we will work together to create a spec for the data extractor.

The spec will include:

1. Requirements for the settings screen – especially if any special settings are needed for multiple data instance support or data filtering.
2. A list of the data lines that will appear in DigMyData and any event data that should be shown.
3. A description of what will appear in the data drill down area for a data point.
4. Help text to help future users on how to import their data into DigMyData with this extractor

Until recently, there was no way to share DigMyData with anyone without sharing a username/password or sending a screenshot. With our most recent update, account owners can share their account with anyone with an email address.

New users will be asked to signup and create their own credentials. This allows users to use the same login to view multiple DigMyData profiles (which we will introduce in the next blog post).

Note that these users cannot view the settings of your account, nor can they create story points or new calculation lines. They can create view the details by clicking on any point in the timeline.

More sharing options are coming. Specifically – sharing by embed (like a Google Map) and also a page (link to a page sharing a specific chart set). Additionally, sometimes you want to share your DigMyData account with someone, but maybe not all of the data within. In a few weeks we will offer the ability to share a chart set with specific users and nothing more. You might want to share all of your chart sets, except for your specific sales figures.

As the end of the extended trial approaches, I thought I’d go over what we’ve accomplished in the past few months. I’ll go into more detail in the coming days with specific posts on the new features.

* New Features
Sharing by user
Multi-profile

* New Extractors:
Authorize.net
MailChimp

* Extractor improvements:
Multiple PayPal accounts
Multiple Facebook accounts

* Important code changes
Finished removing PHP!
Upgraded our front end user interface code

* Other changes
Lots of improvements in Settings/help text/more to do
Removed screenshots; not a bad idea, just bad implementation

* Guides
We are building out a library of guides that will offer specific instruction on ideas for using DigMyData, how to measure traffic, how to track sales, and how to import data from the various data sources.

In the future, the guides will be part of the application itself – making experimentation with new data sets and analysis much more intuitive and simple.

Soon I’ll go into one of our two recent new features: Multi-User