Google Data Studio: An Introduction to One of Google’s Hidden Tools HELLO!
We are Audrey Richardson and Emily Guhde from Georgetown University
2 What is Google Data Studio?
3 Google Data Studio turns your data into informative dashboards and “ reports that are easy to read, easy to share, and fully customizable. Dashboarding allows you to tell great data stories to support better business decisions.
4 Combines narrative and number to give a holistic view of the data “ collected to various audiences.
5 As A Data Visualization Tool
Combines elements Engage with Dynamic of commonly used Stakeholders ■ Interactive for users products ■ Combines reports ■ Avoid linear only ■ Google with descriptive view ■ Excel stats ■ Collaborative ■ PowerPoint ■ Familiarity with between data ■ InDesign Google reporters
6 ...How Can It Work With Library Assessment?
Uniqueness Ease of Use ■ Gives you a chance ■ Fast learning curve for to highlight Data audience Visualization and ■ Can quickly Analysis comprehend the ■ Allows for creativity information ■ Easy to read and follow
7 How does it work?
8 In its simplest form
Data Data Data Set Connectors Visualization
9 Let's dive in! Question Break
11 What are the Pros?
12 Assessment L ves a Positive
Google Product Ever Growing Appendices Familiarity for you Continuing to Provide and your expand fonts, meaningful data coworkers features, and and add types of graphs additional analysis
13 Assessment L ves a Positive
Secure Sharing Set and Forget ...It’s Just Levels of Data can flow Pretty sharing from directly into Looks like an view to edit Google Data interactive data Studio and can slide deck and connectors - update acts like one you can decide! regularly too
14 How about the Cons?
15 Not everything is sunshine
Breakage Speed Drilling Down One incorrect The more Opening up to connection or robust your interpretation data point can Google Data from your cause a graph Studio is, the stakeholders to fail slower it can be
16 Not everything is sunshine
Sharing is Tricky Hidden Tool Adding collaborators Doesn’t show up in to fully edit your your Google menu report can happen, it so you have to just takes additional search for it steps
17 How have we used Google Data Studio at Georgetown?
18 Ithaka S+R
19 Customer Satisfaction Survey
20 Equipment Reservation Study
21 Coming soon ...Library Data Dashboard Refresh
22 THANKS! Any questions?
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23 Get Ready for Part II: Google Data Studio
● Navigate to https://datastudio.google.com/navigation/reporting and log in with your Google account (work or personal).
● Navigate to http://bit.ly/gds_report to see our sample GDS report update in real time.
● Navigate to http://bit.ly/slac2019gds and save a copy of the SLAC GDS resources (slide deck, these instructions) for your future use.
● Open up your saved copy (from your Google Drive) of the SLAC GDS Google Sheet. Change the name of the file to include your 24 first name or initials - helps with troubleshooting later in the workshop. CREDITS
Special thanks to all the people who made and released these awesome resources for free: ▪ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival ▪ Photographs by Unsplash
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