Instagram to Yellowfin Integration

How Datrise loads Instagram into Yellowfin

Datrise syncs Instagram's media posts, stories, comments, followers, reach metrics, and profile insights into Yellowfin as warehouse tables Yellowfin builds views on. Flexible or custom fields land in flattened columns, and timestamps such as created, updated, and status changes are typed as date/time dimensions.

Sync is incremental: Datrise uses incremental refresh of the connected tables, so re-runs update only what changed. Date-partitioned facts. Yellowfin views reference columns by name, so Datrise lands stable, well-typed columns to keep reports valid.

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Endpoints

Instagram: Organic profile content and audience insights.

Yellowfin: BI suite with dashboards, automated insights, and data storytelling.

How Instagram entities map to Yellowfin

Instagram entity	Yellowfin object	Notes
media posts	`instagram_media_posts`	id PK · custom fields → flattened columns
stories	`instagram_stories`	id PK · linked to instagram_media_posts
comments	`instagram_comments`	id PK · linked to instagram_media_posts
followers	`instagram_followers`	id PK · linked to instagram_media_posts

FAQ

How does Datrise handle Instagram's custom fields in Yellowfin?

Flexible values are stored as flattened columns, so new fields don't require a migration; strongly-typed fields — dates, numbers, and references — are promoted to native Yellowfin types.

How does the Instagram to Yellowfin sync stay up to date?

It runs incrementally — Datrise uses incremental refresh of the connected tables.

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