Google Data Studio Master The Advanced Concepts

Build on your knowledge of Data Studio to make your dashboards more impactful than ever. Connect to BigQuery and more.

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.6

- You will be able to take your Reports to the next level by understanding the advance features in Google Data Studio
- Transform your data sets using advance Calculated Fields (we explore a wide range of function and conditional case statements)
- Enhance your data visualiations by using pivot charts
- combination charts and hyperlinks and product images in tables

What you'll learn

You will be able to take your Reports to the next level by understanding the advance features in Google Data Studio
Transform your data sets using advance Calculated Fields (we explore a wide range of function and conditional case statements)
Enhance your data visualiations by using pivot charts
combination charts and hyperlinks and product images in tables
Learn how to embed your reports into an external application e.g website or blog
Connect to Databases including BigQuery - Learn how to write custom queries in Data Studio
Advance Filter options such as Page and Report Level Filters

* Requirements

* Existing Knowledge of Google Data Studio
* Knowledge of Google Sheets & Google Analytics
* Knowledge of Excel Formulas and/or Basic SQL Functions
* Google Account

Description

In this course you'll master the advance features in Google Data Studio, so that you understand all the options available for transforming your data sets and data visualisations into the format you need.

Target Audience

This course is for people who have an intermediate knowledge of Google Data Studio and want to gain advance knowledge.

  • You already have experience with Data Studio
  • You have experience with Functions in Excel and/or Basic knowledge of SQL
  • Want to understand the full range of capabilities that Google Data Studio offers

Curriculum

In this course you will cover in detail:

Visualisations - Pivot Tables, Combination & Dual Axis Charts, Stacked Bar & Area Charts

Layout - How to set global colour palettes

Transforming Data Sets - Transforming Metrics & Dimensions with Calculated Fields and a range of functions that Data Studio supports e.g Median(), Variance(), Percentile(), Concat(), Substr() as well as Case Statements for grouping dimension values together.

Hyperlinks and Clickable images - Adding images and links to data tables to show and link through to your products in your reports

Filters - Group and Page Level filters to add more control to your reports

Embedding - How to embed your reports into an external application or website.

Databases - Connecting to SQL database tables, views and custom queries. We will connect to BigQuery.

Roles

Your role might fall into one of the following

  • Online Marketer

  • Product Analyst

  • Data Analyst

  • Finance Anayst

  • Product Owners/Manager

  • Small business Owner

Data Sources you may already use

Google Analytics,  Adwords or other Google Product

Google Sheets

Excel

SQL Database e.g MySQL, BigQuery, PostGresQL

The Power of Data Studio

  • Intuitive Design - create dashboard designs that are more intuitive than dashboards in GA & Google Sheets
  • Scale your insights - build shareable dashboards saved in Google Drive
  • Speed up time to insight - build reports and visualisations to answer questions within minutes
  • User friendly Templates and Layouts - will make it easier for users to interpret the data.

Data Studio is a Data Visualisation Tool created by Google. It is part of the Google Suite including Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Slides.

Data Studio is FREE and allows you to connect to a range of data sources.

It's an incredible tool to create powerful and interactive dashboards for you to explore your underlying data.

I look forward to showing you how to master the advance concepts in Google Data Studio so  that you understand the full range of capabilities at your fingertips.

Who this course is for:

  • Users who have a knowledge of Google Data Studio and want to explore the advance topics and capabilities of the Tool
  • Data Analysts
  • Marketing Analysts
  • Business Intelligence Analysts
  • Students who have taken my course 'Build Insightful Dashboards with Google Data Studio'

Course content

10 sections • 36 lectures

Introduction to the Course and Course Aims Preview 03:04

An introduction to the aims and content of this course.

Setting up your Data Sources Preview 03:08

EXERCISE - Setting up your Data Sources Preview 00:34

Visualising Data with Pivot Tables Preview 07:42

QUIZ - Pivot Tables

Now that you've finished learning how to create Pivot Tables, here are a few questions to make sure you understand their capabilities.

EXERCISE - Pivot Tables Preview 00:44

Combination and Dual Axis Charts to plot multiple metrics on graphs Preview 05:56

EXERCISE - Combination & Dual Axis Charts Preview 00:37

QUIZ - Combination & Dual Axis Charts

Stacked Bar and Area Charts for analysing compositions Preview 05:46

EXERCISE - Stacked Bar and Area Charts Preview 00:25

Colour Palettes in Data Studio Preview 08:51

EXERCISE - Colour Palettes Preview 01:09


Editing Fields in Reports and Analytical Functions Preview 06:32

EXERCISE - Editing Fields in Reports and Analytical Functions Preview 00:41

Calculated Metrics - Arithmetic Preview 06:00

EXERCISE - Calculated Metrics - Arithmetic Preview 00:53

Transforming Dimensions - Concat(), Upper(), Lower(), Substr() and Date() Preview 09:53

EXERCISE - Transforming Dimensions with Calculated Fields Preview 01:07

Calculated Metrics - More Metric Functions - Avg(), Median(), Percentile() Preview 08:00

EXERCISE - More Metric Functions Preview 01:01

Calculated Fields - Case Statements Preview 09:53

EXERCISE - Case Statements Preview 00:34

Hyperlinks and Images in Data Tables Preview 12:05

EXERCISE - Hyperlinks and Images in Data Tables Preview 01:04

Dimension and Metric Filters Preview 06:10

EXERCISE - Dimension and Metric Filters Preview 00:40

Group and Page Level Filters to control how your filters are applied Preview 04:27

SUMMARY - Group and Page Level FIlter Controls Preview 00:45

Embedding your Reports in a blog or website Preview 06:29

SUMMARY - Embedding your data Studio Reports Preview 00:32

Connecting to BigQuery Preview 06:46

EXERCISE - Connecting to BigQuery Preview 00:55

Databases - Creating Views and Custom SQL Queries Preview 06:16

EXERCISE - Databases - Creating Views and Custom Queries Preview 00:55

Create a Report to explore London Crime Rates and Consolidate your new Knowledge

In this assignment you will connect to a BigQuery data set containing data about crime rates in London(UK) and create a Data Studio Report to answer questions for a case study. Your report can contain multiple pages. You should submit the url to your dashboard one you have completed your assignment.