Looker Studio for Marketers
1h 17mBeginner2023-04-07
Authors

Samantha Barnes
Director of Google Analytics at Bounteous, Speaker, Trainer
Course details
Looker Studio, formerly known as Google Data Studio, gives you the power to transform information into compelling data visualizations that convey meaningful market insights. It also offers easy access to data sets from the entire Google Marketing Platform and social media sites, CRMs, third-party marketing tools, or your own data warehouse. In this course with marketing analytics expert Samantha Barnes, learn how to create your own engaging, interactive dashboards to track marketing and user engagement performance with Looker Studio using Google Analytics and Ads sample data.
Discover how to start a new report from scratch or from a template and then connect it to one or more data sources. Find out how to add different types of charts and graphs to your report as well as filters, styling, and dynamic interaction. Along the way, Samantha also shows you how to maximize the visual impact of your dashboard with themes and other design shortcuts, so you can start sharing your reports with clients and colleagues.
Discover how to start a new report from scratch or from a template and then connect it to one or more data sources. Find out how to add different types of charts and graphs to your report as well as filters, styling, and dynamic interaction. Along the way, Samantha also shows you how to maximize the visual impact of your dashboard with themes and other design shortcuts, so you can start sharing your reports with clients and colleagues.
Skills covered
Google Data StudioData VisualizationBusiness IntelligenceGoogleData AnalysisEssential TrainingData ScienceBusiness Analysis and StrategyBusiness Software and Tools
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Interactive dashboards with Looker Studio
1. Looker Studio - The Basics
- 02 - The advantages of Looker Studio
- 03 - Orientation and planning with purpose
- 04 - Bringing in data with data connectors and data sources
- 05 - Data sources in action
- 06 - Collaboration and workflow
- 07 - Branding, layout, and themes
2. Build Powerful Charts with Looker Studio's Tools
- 08 - The foundations of adding data elements
- 09 - Visualizing and styling data in tables
- 10 - Visualizing time series and line graphs
- 11 - Analyzing trends and comparisons
- 12 - Enhancing visualizations with style tools
- 13 - Applying more chart types
- 14 - Refining data with filters
- 15 - Going beyond basic tables
3. Apply Interactivity and Advanced Analysis in Looker Studio
- 16 - Introduction to interactive controls
- 17 - Transforming charts and graphs into controls
- 18 - Basics of custom calculations and fields
- 19 - Looker Studio functions
- 20 - Joining data with data blending
4. Presenting and Sharing Dashboards in Looker Studio
- 21 - Sharing and publishing reports in Looker Studio
- 22 - Advanced capabilities of Looker Studio
Conclusion
- 23 - Continuing to grow your Looker Studio skills