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# Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Connector

## Intro

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is a U.S. government agency that provides official macroeconomic and industry statistics, including the gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States. This article explains how to use Domo's BEA Connector to import BEA reports into Domo. To learn more about the BEA API, see the [BEA API signup page](https://www.bea.gov/API/signup/index.cfm).

You connect to your BEA account in the Data Center. This article covers the fields and menus specific to the BEA Connector user interface. For general information about adding DataSets, setting update schedules, and editing DataSet information, see [Add a DataSet Using a Data Connector](/docs/s/article/360042926274).

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## Prerequisites

To connect to your BEA account and create a DataSet, you must have a BEA API key. This API key is provided to you by email after you register at the [BEA API signup page](https://www.bea.gov/API/signup/index.cfm).

## Connect to Your BEA Account

This section describes the options in the **Credentials** and **Details** panes on the BEA Connector page. The components of the **Scheduling** and **Name & Describe Your DataSet** panes are universal across most connector types and are discussed in [Add a DataSet Using a Data Connector](/docs/s/article/360042926274).

### Enter Your Credentials

The **Credentials** pane contains the field for entering credentials to connect to your BEA account. The following table describes what is needed for each field.

| Field   | Description                                                                                                                                                 |
| ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| API Key | Enter your BEA API key. This API key is provided to you by email after you register at the [BEA API signup page](https://www.bea.gov/API/signup/index.cfm). |

Once you have entered valid BEA credentials, you can use the same account any time you create a new BEA DataSet. You can manage connector accounts in the **Accounts** tab in the Data Center. For more information about this tab, see [Manage User Accounts for Connectors](/docs/s/article/360042926054).

### Configure the Details Pane

This pane contains a primary **Reports** menu, along with various other menus that may or may not appear depending on the report type you select.

| Menu                     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| Report                   | Select the BEA report you want to run. The following reports are available: <table class="zebra-striped bordered"><tr><th>Report Name</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Direct Investment (MNEs)</td><td>Retrieves income and financial transactions in direct investment that underlie the U.S. balance of payments statistics, and direct investment positions that underlie the U.S. international investment positions.</td></tr><tr><td>Fixed Assets</td><td>Retrieves data from the standard set of Fixed Assets tables as published online.</td></tr><tr><td>GDP by Industry (Gross Domestic Product by Industry)</td><td>Retrieves estimates for value added, gross output, intermediate inputs, KLEMS, and employment statistics, in both current and chained (real) dollars.</td></tr><tr><td>IIP (International Investment Position)</td><td>Retrieves data on the U.S. international investment position. BEA's international investment position accounts include the end-of-period value of accumulated stocks of U.S. financial assets and liabilities.</td></tr><tr><td>Input-Output Statistics</td><td>The input-output accounts provide a detailed view of the interrelationships between U.S. producers and users.</td></tr><tr><td>International Services Trade</td><td>Retrieves annual estimates of U.S. trade in services and of services supplied to international markets through U.S. and foreign affiliates of multinational enterprises. BEA's statistics on services supplied through affiliates by multinational enterprises are not included in this dataset.</td></tr><tr><td>ITA (International Transactions)</td><td>Retrieves data about international transactions (balance of payments) accounts, which include all transactions between U.S. and foreign residents.</td></tr><tr><td>Multinational Enterprises (MNEs)</td><td>Retrieves data about operations and finances of U.S. parent enterprises and their foreign affiliates and U.S. affiliates of foreign MNEs.</td></tr><tr><td>NI Underlying Detail</td><td>Retrieves detailed estimate data from underlying NIPA series that appear in the national income and product account (NIPA) tables as published in the Survey of Current Business.</td></tr><tr><td>NIPA (National Income and Product Accounts)</td><td>Retrieves data from the standard set of NIPA tables as published in the Survey of Current Business.</td></tr><tr><td>Regional (Regional datasets)</td><td>The Regional dataset contains estimates from the Regional Economic Accounts by state, county, and metropolitan area.</td></tr><tr><td>Underlying GDP by Industry</td><td>Retrieves underlying GDP data by industry in both current and chained (real) dollars.</td></tr></table> |
| Industry                 | Select all industries you want to retrieve data for.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Country                  | Select all countries you want to retrieve data for.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Direction of Investment  | Select a direction of investment option in the menu.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Classification           | Select a classification option in the menu.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Year(s)                  | Select all years you want to retrieve data for.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Table(s)/Table Name      | Select the table(s) you want to pull into your report.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Frequency                | Select how you want data in the report to be broken down. For example, if you select **Annual**, data is broken down by year.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Component                | Select all components you want to retrieve data for.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Types of Investment      | Select all types of investment you want to retrieve data for.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Area or Country          | Select all areas or countries you want to retrieve data for.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Affiliation              | Select all trade affiliations you want to retrieve data for.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Trade Direction          | Select all trade directions you want to retrieve data for.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Type of Services         | Select all service types you want to retrieve data for.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Indicator                | Select all indicators you want to retrieve data for.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Ownership Level          | Select an ownership level option in the menu.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Non-Bank Affiliates Only | Select whether you want your report to return data for non-bank affiliates only.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Show Millions            | Select whether a million-dollar detail level should be shown.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Geo FIPS                 | Select all GEO FIPS locations you want to retrieve data for.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |

## Configure Other Options

For information about the remaining sections of the connector interface, including how to configure scheduling, retry, and update options, see [Add a DataSet Using a Data Connector](/docs/s/article/360042926274).

## FAQ

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="How often can the data be updated?">
    DataSets can be updated as often as once an hour. Decrease the update frequency if you encounter rate-limit errors.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Are there any API limits that I need to be aware of?">
    BEA limits users to 1,000 API calls per minute.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>
