Connect Frankfurter to clariBI with no API key to sync daily foreign-exchange-rate history for the currencies you choose, read-only, with auto-generated dashboards next to your business data.
What is Frankfurter?
Frankfurter is a free, open-source foreign-exchange-rates API that publishes daily reference rates tracked by the European Central Bank.
clariBI reads Frankfurter through its public REST API: daily exchange rates for the currency pairs you choose, against a base currency you set. No API key is required, access is read-only, and clariBI never changes anything.
How to connect Frankfurter
- Open Data Sources in clariBI. In clariBI, go to Data Sources → Add Data Source and find Frankfurter. There is no API key to paste, so you go straight to choosing currencies.
- Choose currencies and history. Type the target currencies to track (for example EUR, GBP, JPY), set the base currency, and choose how much history to pull. clariBI reads rates read-only.
- Sync, then get dashboards. clariBI syncs the daily rates, preprocesses them, and builds an insights dashboard. Ask "How did EUR move against our base currency this quarter?" and the AI engine queries the synced rates alongside your revenue and costs.
What you can analyze
- Daily exchange rate per currency pair over your chosen window
- Rate trend and volatility against the base currency
- Relative moves across the currencies you track
- Period-over-period change in a pair
- Currency exposure lined up with billing dates
- Cross-source: FX moves → foreign revenue → reported margin
What gets synced
clariBI pulls daily exchange-rate history for the currencies you select through the Frankfurter REST API, lands it as a preprocessed dataset, and refreshes it on your schedule. Access is read-only.
For each selected currency, clariBI syncs the daily rate against your base currency, then builds an insights dashboard you can query, extend, or pull into reports.
clariBI only ever reads. Frankfurter is an open data source, so there is no key or account to manage.
Questions across your other data
Once your records are synced, the AI engine can join them to the rest of your business data. A few examples:
| Pairing | Question | How clariBI answers |
|---|---|---|
| Frankfurter × Revenue | "How much of our revenue swing was currency, not volume?" | Planner: read daily FX rates from Frankfurter, align to foreign revenue by date, and split the change into rate versus volume. |
| Frankfurter × Costs | "Did the exchange-rate move raise our supplier costs this month?" | Planner: read the rate for the supplier currency, join to purchase costs by date, and report the FX-driven cost delta. |
Frequently asked questions
Do I need an API key for Frankfurter?
No. Frankfurter is an open data source with no API key. You select the currencies in clariBI and the connector reads rates read-only.
Can clariBI change anything in Frankfurter?
No. Frankfurter is a public read-only rates API. The connector only reads the daily rates for the currencies you select.
Which clariBI plan includes the Frankfurter connector?
Data-source connectors are available on the Trial, Starter, Professional, and Enterprise plans. You can connect Frankfurter during the free 14-day trial.