Comparing Geo Maps and Google Maps in Google Data Studio

Comparing Geo Maps and Google Maps in Google Data Studio

I thought I'd put together a blog post comparing Geo Maps and Google Maps and looking at the advantages and disadvantages of both when displaying geographic data in Google Data Studio.

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How to use Google Maps in Google Data Studio

How to use Google Maps in Google Data Studio

Yesterday Google Data Studio launched a cool new feature - Google Maps as a chart type! This is major game changer for Data Studio and opens up a lot of possibilities.

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Make a Long-term Growth Dashboard for Google Analytics Data using Data Studio

Make a Long-term Growth Dashboard for Google Analytics Data using Data Studio

In this post I'll show you how to make a Growth Dashboard for Google Analytics using Google Data Studio.

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New Partner Visualizations available in Google Data Studio

New Partner Visualizations available in Google Data Studio

Google Data Studio has recently launched a range of new custom visualizations called Partner Visualizations.

When you click "Community Chart" you will see four community visualizations, as shown below.

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How to make a Flight Path Map in Tableau

How to make a Flight Path Map in Tableau

In this article I'll show you how to make a Flight Path Map in Tableau. This is my first blog post about Tableau, and I hope you enjoy!

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How to analyse sales data using Google BigQuery and Data Studio

How to analyse sales data using Google BigQuery and Data Studio

In this post I'll show you how to analyse sales data using Google BigQuery and Google Data Studio.

According to Google Cloud; "BigQuery is a serverless, highly-scalable, and cost-effective cloud data warehouse with an in-memory BI Engine and machine learning built in."

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How to use Conditional Formatting in Google Data Studio

How to use Conditional Formatting in Google Data Studio

Today I'll take a first look at the recently launched Conditional Formatting in Google Data Studio.

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One Map, many Metrics in Google Data Studio

One Map, many Metrics in Google Data Studio

One feature that might be useful in Data Studio is the ability to switch metrics while viewing a geo-map.

So for example, taking a look at the number of sessions worldwide, then switching seamlessly to the number of goal completions worldwide.

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How to automatically adjust Dimensions in Google Data Studio

In this post I'll show you have to automatically adjust Dimensions in Google Data Studio.

What I mean by this is that I'll show you how to set up a custom Dimension that changes based on another dimension.

I have to admit I wasn't clever enough to think this up on my own, and saw the brilliant Mehdi Oudjida show the method on Twitter.

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An overview of all Google Data Studio Chart types in 2019

An overview of all Google Data Studio Chart types in 2019

In this post I'll give a run down of all the different Google Data Studio chart types in 2019.

Google Data Studio is constantly changing and improving, and it is adding new features all the time!

So this can serve as a overview of the different default Google Data Studio chart types in 2019.

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