Google Data Studio

[SEO_Freelancer]

Just out of curiosity, does anyone use this?

For those of you who are unfamiliar, it allows you to spin up dashboards with data sources, can be Sheets, SQL, Analytics, Search Console etc... I absolutely love it for reporting as it automates a lot but a significant amount of people who I do reporting for, are unaware it exists but really find it useful.

Similar to things like Microsoft BI too - just free, from Google and web-based (can be slow though).

Also another gem from the Google Suite is Google Jamboard, good for brainstorming!

 

[makeusvisible]

We dont use Data Studio, as we have other software for reporting. We do however use the other app you mentioned, Jamboard.

For us it's invaluable. every piece of social content we push out for clients goes onto a Jamboard first, which is cast constantly to a large tv in the office. It gives us an additional layer of proofing content before it gets pushed out, and ensures that everyone in the team is aware of client content. Beautiful little app.

 

[Alan]

I have heard of it, I also have used it to pull data in and have recommended it as a solution to some people.

It is a very complete and free product .... but I don't use it, as I have no specific need that is not already covered by the couple of platforms I use to manage my business. My distribution and payment platform has a decent dashboard and my accounting system has all the reports I need.

 

[StevePoster]

Nowadays google data studio is trending in the field of professionals mainly for weekly or monthly reporting in the office. Does it require some programming language to be able to use it? I also want to learn it and gather some information from the well experienced people.

 

[Bob Morgan]

Is this like a 'Parish Magazine?'

 

[fisicx]

It also depends on how reliant you are on google for traffic/leads. I’m getting more and more work from other sources - google is almost redundant.

 

[derekgough]

Just out of curiosity, does anyone use this?

For those of you who are unfamiliar, it allows you to spin up dashboards with data sources, can be Sheets, SQL, Analytics, Search Console etc... I absolutely love it for reporting as it automates a lot but a significant amount of people who I do reporting for, are unaware it exists but really find it useful.

Similar to things like Microsoft BI too - just free, from Google and web-based (can be slow though).

Also another gem from the Google Suite is Google Jamboard, good for brainstorming!

I was using Google Data Studio which was helpful but there were limited templates given by Google. I found some valuable templates but they were paid. Can you help me in this?