Course Highlights
  • Connect to a range of Data Sources (Google Analytics, Google Sheets)
  • Get started with a FREE Data Studio Account
  • Create and customise a range of data visualisations (scorecards, time series charts, bar charts, area charts, tables)
  • Create re-usable report templates that follow best practice principles to share with collegues
  • Create advance visualisations (maps, scatter charts, bullet charts)
  • Add dynamic date and dimension filters to make dashboards interactive
  • Tell powerful stories from your data
  • Confidently create interactive analytical dashboards with your own Data
  • Complete a final assignment and receive feedback on your final dashboard
Curriculum

1 Topic
What you will learn and what you will gain

8 Topics
Introduction to the Homepage
EXERCISE - Create your Data Studio Account - FOR FREE!
An Introduction to Data Sources
EXERCISE - More about Data Sources
Connecting to Google Analytics Sample Data
EXERCISE - Connecting your own Google Analytics Data
The Reporting Interface
EXERCISE - Customising your Layout

14 Topics
Scorecards for your KPIs and Comparisons
EXERCISE - Additional Scorecard Customisations
Time Series Charts for Analysing Trends
EXERCISE - More Options for Time Series Charts
Bar Charts for making Comparisons
EXERCISE - Bar Chart Options
Tables for Presenting Detail
EXERCISE - Customise your Tables
Add new pages to your Report
Use a Pie Chart (if you really need to) to show Categorical Data
EXERCISE - Pie Chart Customisation
Add an Area Chart to segment your data
EXERCISE - 100% Stack your Area Chart
How Date Comparisons Work

4 Topics
Filtering by Date
EXERCISE - Date Range Filters
Filtering by Dimensions
EXERCISE - Dimension Filters

7 Topics
The Map Visualisation
EXERCISE - More about Maps
Exploring Data with Scatter Charts
EXERCISE - Scatter Charts
Bullet Charts for Showing Targets
EXERCISE - Everything to know about Bullet Charts
Adding Heatmaps and Bar Charts to Tables

2 Topics
The Explorer
The Explorer - Further Reading

2 Topics
Sharing your Reports
Exercise - Accessing your Dashboards in Google Drive

4 Topics
Data Sources - Connect your Google Analytics Data
NEW INTERFACE - Data Sources
Handling Sampling in Google Analytics
EXERCISE - Read more about sampling in Google Analytics

2 Topics
Preparing Data in Google Sheets
Connecting Google Sheets to Data Studio

2 Topics
Calculated Fields - Simple Arithmetic
EXERCISE - Create your own Custom Metrics

1 Topic
Create a Dashboard from Scratch - Analyse 2750 Ramen Reviews!

1 Topic
What you have Learned and Final words

5 Topics
Data Studio Help Forum & Requesting Features
Tracking Usage of your Data Studio Reports
Why Data Studio? Understanding if it's the right tool for you.
INFO - Comparing Business Intelligence Tools
Advanced Course & Promotoional Code

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