Google Data Studio

These filters have come a long way from just filtering data, to aadding a layer of interactivity. Without filters, a dashboard report is no more interactive than a PDF report. Even Excel reports have filters, c’mon.

Scenario: I want to know more about how users are navigating through my site to reach our top-level blog page. I am also curious as to where they go from there -- are they likely to click a recent blog post, explore a dedicated topic subpage or do something else entirely?

Today I thought it would be fun to build a heat map in Data Studio. I was inspired by a chart and Melbourne's unusually warm week.

Here’s what you usually need: Access to the platforms that is connected to Data Studio. Edit access to the dashboard and data sources. A cool head. Plenty of patience. Lots of breaks (don’t be too hard on yourself here).

There’s little we can do about default aggregation when using Google Analytics data. It’s the three things certain in life, right? Death, taxes, and auto aggregation in Google Analytics data.

We know that colours are a powerful communication tool. Our eyes are drawn to patterns and colours which makes data easier to analyse. With that said, Emojis add another layer of visual communication that sometimes words cannot portray. 

It’s amusing how we choose to make metrics optional. That’s not what we want to do, is it? We want everything! All of it!

Hello there!  In this first ever series of Up Your Data Studio Game, we bring you ways to use conditional formatting in your dashboard. What’s conditional formatting you may ask? It’s similar to what’s available in Excel: formatting the cell when the condition is met.

Unfortunately custom channel groupings that are configured in Google Analytics aren’t available in Google Data Studio.

There is no shortage of COVID-19 dashboards in our industry so don’t worry we’re not throwing another one into the ring.