Meraki Dashboard Reports with Google Sheets

DexterLaBora
Meraki Employee
Meraki Employee

Meraki Dashboard Reports with Google Sheets

I created a simple tool to import Meraki Dashboard API data directly into a Google Sheet. 

 

Check out the full write-up

https://create.meraki.io/build/meraki-dashboard-reports-with-google-sheets/

 

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      If you have cool ideas or feedback, let me know!

       

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      jdsilva
      Kind of a big deal

      Very cool. I can see this being quite useful. Nice work!

      Adam
      Kind of a big deal

      Awesome thanks

      Adam R MS | CISSP, CISM, VCP, MCITP, CCNP, ITILv3, CMNO
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      DexterLaBora
      Meraki Employee
      Meraki Employee

      Now with more reports!

       

      + admins

      + device details

      + clients

       

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      Ben_Donaldson
      New here

      This is great, thank you! Anyway you could add a function to return the uplink status to the code? 

       

      api call is {{baseUrl}}/networks/{{networkId}}/devices/{{serial}}/uplink 

       

       

      DexterLaBora
      Meraki Employee
      Meraki Employee

      Hi Ben,

       

      You can use the Device Status report to get the uplink status for every device in the org. This is a very fast call, as it returns an array of every device in the organization by default.

       

      I could write a recursive script to iterate through every device in every network in every org... but that takes a lot longer. If there is critical information in that call that you still need, I could consider writing an additional report.

       

      I added some extra reports and refined how the data is parsed be more dynamic with available attributes.

      Make sure you the newest script (simply replace yours with this new one). 
      https://gist.github.com/dexterlabora/9884aa4399715df8f453ea9de63255a0

       

      (formatting colors were applied after report)

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      DexterLaBora
      Meraki Employee
      Meraki Employee

      Hello!

       

      This has been added to the report!

       

      Overwrite your Code.GS file with this one 

      https://gist.github.com/dexterlabora/9884aa4399715df8f453ea9de63255a0

       

      Delete or Rename your settings sheet

      Refresh the Sheet window to load new script

      Update the new settings sheet

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      Mandryk
      Conversationalist

      Love your work. Thanks!

      ciph3r
      Getting noticed

      @DexterLaBora

       

      I have a fairly large org and want to pull a client list. Can you give me some ideas how to overcome a the time out (settings tab?) and the 2,000,0000 limit in sheets? Is there a way for it to break the data up between sheets?

      DexterLaBora
      Meraki Employee
      Meraki Employee

      Hi,

       

      I have updated a few things with this script. It now has an Org-wide and Net-wide menu. This will allow for some large reports to be more focused, such as Clients.

       

      Script: https://gist.github.com/dexterlabora/9884aa4399715df8f453ea9de63255a0
      (replace your existing script with this one)


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      Mandryk
      Conversationalist

      This works great, however, I am getting 'Exceeded maximum execution time' when running the clients script.

       

      Any ideas how to fix this?

      DexterLaBora
      Meraki Employee
      Meraki Employee

      This script takes a while because it iterates through every device in every network to pull clients over a period of 86400 seconds.

       

       

      I was motivated by this question, so I have updated the script with a few additions. I've added a timespan and network setting so you can focus on a particular network and limit the search range.

       

      I also extended the reports with a Details version, that makes an API call for every client to get its SSID and other info. This will likely break on a large network, but I built it for another use case. 

       

      Replace your existing code file with this one

      Code.gs 

       

      Delete the settings tab or rename it so you have a copy

      Refresh the sheet to load the new version. 

      It will generate a new settings sheet, which you must update.

      Its a work in progress, so still working on the UI, etc. Happy to hear any feedback. 


      Riser
      Getting noticed

      Hi guys. Is this still functional? I don't see " Meraki Reports" on the sheets even after refreshing severally. I had it initially but no longer there.

      DexterLaBora
      Meraki Employee
      Meraki Employee

      @Riser , yes it should work but it's a bit of an old script. 

       

      You will likely need to first run the onOpen function, to load the menu the first time. It will prompt you for your Google auth to allow it to run. 

       

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      Then setup a trigger to run the script every time you open the doc.

       

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      FYI,

      There is a more powerful version of this app that support Dashboard API v1

      https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/meraki_tools/11340767263

       

      Pumilio
      Here to help

      Hi @DexterLaBora 

      How do I get the "monitoring" sheet to load automatically?

      Most reports works great, thx

      The device loss and latency gives a Code 404

      DexterLaBora
      Meraki Employee
      Meraki Employee

      If you want the script launch the menu when you open the Google Sheet, just add a Trigger. 

      Do this in the Script editor section.

      Select the "onOpen" function to run for the event type "On open"

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      You could also create macros that will run a specific function and insert the data on scheduled basis. 

       

      create a new file called macros.gs and then add this code

       

      // example function I want to run via macro
      function DeviceUplinkDetails() {
        var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
        spreadsheet.getRange('A2').activate();
        callUplinkInfos();
      };

       

      Then create a new trigger for this that calls the function on a schedule.

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      Hope this helps!

      WellyHartanto
      Getting noticed

      Hi @DexterLaBora 

       

      I just stumbled upon your amazing work, and after looking at the code, it is still using API v0.

      Any chance that you have updated this to the latest v1?

      WellyHartanto
      Getting noticed

      Ah nevermind.

      I've found that you created an extension instead.

      BDillon
      Here to help

      Afternoon;
      Could this be setup to interrogate and report back on Meraki MT10 Sensors?
      E.g. Name, Latest Readings for Temp,Humidity and Battery life?

      ShawnHu
      Meraki Employee
      Meraki Employee

      Yes, you can achieve this by combining the organizations > Organization Devices (set device model as mt10)and sensor > Organization Sensor Readings Latest calls (with the targeted devices selected)

       

      The reason you will need the Organization Devices is in the sensor reading returns there is no device names but serial numbers.

      BDillon
      Here to help

      Nice one - thanks
      Its going to take a little more investigation then. I'm not very clued up on JSON scripting etc at the moment. This gives me something to work with though.

      Jaganmohan
      Conversationalist

      While running "Organization Wireless Devices Ethernet Statuses" report for an Organization with more than 4000 APs, what should be the Optional "Per Page" and "Pages" settings?

      BDillon
      Here to help

      I have now created another work around for my issue - collecting MT Sensor information.
      Using POSTMAN and API GET queries.

      This was a great place to start however.

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