Fundamental of Business Analytics

Interactive Data Google Studio Dashboard

(Google Sheet as a Source of Data)

Randy N. Bernabe

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Sample Raw Data

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1. Go to https://datastudio.google.com and click “Create” or
“Blank Report” to start new Dashboard Creation Report

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1. Go to https://datastudio.google.com and click “Create” or
“Blank Report” to start new Dashboard Creation Report

Rename the Dashboard in order to organize the report

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2. Go to / click “Create New Data Source”

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 2. Go to / click “Create New Data Source”

• You will see various

sources of data
• Select “Google Sheets” as
a source of data

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2. Go to / click “Create New Data Source”
• Select options
where your source
of data located.
• For example
“owned by me”
• Select
spreadsheet data
you will use to
create dashboard
• Select worksheet
data
• This time, “Raw
Data” tab-sheet”
• In case there are
many locations
cells to use, you
can put the exact
locations cells
range

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 2. Go to / click “Create New Data Source”

• Then click
“connect”

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3. Start creating graphs and charts by clicking “Add a
chart” button

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 3. Start creating graphs and charts by clicking
“Add a chart” button

• Click to add or
drag and draw

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4. Start selecting “Dimension” or “Breakdown
Dimension”, and Metrics

• For example, this is a

report per manager, per
chain, per sale.
• Then create more
reports or different
reports depending on
need of ad-hoc report
requested, such as line
graph, pie chart, etc.

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4. Start selecting “Dimension” or “Breakdown
Dimension”, and Metrics

• Sample report of line

graph or pie chart

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4. Start selecting “Dimension” or “Breakdown
Dimension”, and Metrics
• Sample, line graph.
• Dimension is per “Month”
• Breakdown per “Chain”
• Metrics per “Sales”

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4. Start selecting “Dimension” or “Breakdown
Dimension”, and Metrics

• Sample, pie chart.

• Dimension is per “Chain”
• Metrics per “Sales”

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4. Start selecting “Dimension” or “Breakdown
Dimension”, and Metrics

• You can also “Sort”

depending on the need
of the report.
(Descending /
Ascending) per Sales in
this example
• If needed for secondary
sort

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5. To get more interactive, use “Filter Control”
• For example, this is a
report per manager, per
chain, per sale.

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5. To get more interactive, use “Filter Control”

• For example, in order to

have yearly interactive
report, the dimension is
year and metric is sales

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5. To get more interactive, use “Filter Control”

• Select Year to show

yearly basis report
• You can make different
filter such as monthly
basis, category basis,
state basis.

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5. To get more interactive, use “Filter Control”

• In order be interactive for

all graph and charts at
the same time; similar to
“slice and dice” in excel.
• Select/Click filter control
box along with all the
graphs/charts.
• Then, right click, select
“Group”

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6. Use “Style” to make different fonts, colors, etc.
in order to be more creative

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 6. Use “Style” to make different fonts, colors, etc.
in order to be more creative

• To include some pictures

in the dashboard, click
“image” icon and
draw/drag box, then,
select the location file for
the pictures you will
insert in the Dashboard
• Sample screenshot

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7. Explore “datastudio.google.com” to create your
own version of Dashboard. In order to present
more creative analytics findings/presentation

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 Thank you!

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