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Part I Data Studio Basics |
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Chapter 1 Data Studio and the Data Citizen |
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A Brief History of Data Studio |
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12 | (1) |
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Chapter 2 Cooking with Google Data Studio |
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Step 1 Select a Dish to Prepare: Visualizing a Bank Account |
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Before We Start: Things You'll Need |
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Step 2 Let's Go Shopping! Getting the Data |
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Step 3 Unpack the Groceries: Setting Up Google Drive |
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Step 4 Preparing the Ingredients: Working with Google Sheets |
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Step 5 Familiarizing Yourself with the Kitchen: Data Studio Home Screen and Starting a New Report |
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Step 6 Assemble the Ingredients: Connecting the Data to the Report |
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Step 7 Set the Table: Adding Your First Chart |
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Step 8 Keep Score with Scorecards |
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Step 9 It's About Time: Building the Time-Series Chart |
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Step 10 Serving Suggestions: Finishing Touches and Sharing Your Report |
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Chapter 3 Enhancing Basic Graphs |
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Before Getting Started: Things You'll Need |
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Step 2 Modify the Header and Set the Date Range |
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Step 4 Modify Time-Series Chart |
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Step 5 Modify the Transactions Table |
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Step 6 Save the Report as PDF for Sharing |
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Chapter 4 Data Exploration with Interactive Elements |
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Building Our Workbench Example |
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Step 1 Selecting a Dish to Prepare: Exploration Workbench for a Bank Account |
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Step 2 Let's Go Shopping! Getting the Data Set |
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Step 3 Assembling the Ingredients: Connecting Data to the Report |
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Adding Chart Components and Graphic Elements |
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Step 4 Reuse, Recycle, and Repurpose: Copying Elements from Other Reports |
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Step 5 Easy as Pie! Adding a Pie Chart |
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Step 6 Step Up to the Bar: Adding the Bar Chart |
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Step 7 Lining Things Up: Adding the Line Chart |
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Step 8 Tables, Again!? Setting Up the Table |
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Adding and Configuring Filter Controls |
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Step 9 Fun with Filters: Setting Up the Standard Filter Controls |
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Tips for Using Interactive Filters |
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Find the Answers: Filter Challenge |
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Part II Business and Marketing Applications |
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Chapter 5 Web Data Visualization with Google Analytics |
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Google Services for Websites and Business |
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A Brief Primer for Google Analytics |
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104 | (8) |
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Using a Template to Create a New Report |
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Building the Google Analytics Report |
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112 | (5) |
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Working with the New Report |
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A Real-World Example: The Effects of a Beach Party in Spain on Web Traffic |
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The Limits of Demographic Data from Google Analytics |
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Now for a Side Dish: Adding a Page and Using Filters |
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126 | (6) |
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132 | (3) |
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Chapter 6 Using Google Search Console for Audience Insights |
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Search Console and Search Results Pages |
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136 | (5) |
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Creating a Search Console Report with Data Studio |
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Step 1 Selecting the Dish to Prepare |
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Step 2 Let's Go Shopping! |
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144 | (3) |
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Step 3 Assemble the Ingredients |
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Bon Appetite! Using the Search Console Report |
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An Example for Your Soul! |
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Chapter 7 Viewing Local Organization Data from Google My Business |
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Google Search and the Local Organization |
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GMB: The New Home Page in the Search Results |
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What the User Sees in a GMB Listing |
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What the Owner Sees in a GMB Listing |
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Why Use Data Studio for GMB? |
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Step 1 Selecting the Dish to Prepare |
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187 | (8) |
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Before You Begin: What You Need to Get Started |
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Step 2 Let's Go Shopping and Assemble the Ingredients |
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195 | (7) |
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Report, Page, and Header Setup |
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Page Navigation Button Setup |
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Building the Actions Page |
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209 | (4) |
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213 | (2) |
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Building the Reviews Page |
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215 | (3) |
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Part III Beyond the Office |
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Chapter 8 Getting Personal |
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223 | (68) |
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Using Google Forms to Collect Your Own Data |
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225 | (23) |
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Curating Data from Other Sources |
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248 | (14) |
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Setting Up IFTTT to Capture Tweets |
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250 | (6) |
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Preparing the Google Sheet for Data Studio |
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256 | (1) |
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Create a Data Source for the Google Sheet |
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256 | (2) |
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Create the New Twitter Report |
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258 | (4) |
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Working with Data Generated for You |
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Music Service Tracking Example |
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262 | (7) |
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Google Fit Community Connector Example |
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Community Connector Setup for Google Fit |
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270 | (10) |
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280 | (8) |
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280 | (3) |
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283 | (1) |
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284 | (4) |
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288 | (3) |
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291 | (1) |
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292 | (2) |
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294 | (36) |
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Building the UFO Sightings Workbench |
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302 | (5) |
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Dealing with Performance Issues in Reports |
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307 | (1) |
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Using the Extract Data Connector to Speed Up Reports |
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307 | (7) |
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data.world and Makeover Monday |
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314 | (16) |
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Bringing It Home: Real Estate in Your Neighborhood |
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330 | (16) |
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Selecting the Dish to Prepare |
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331 | (1) |
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Going Shopping: Hunting for Housing Data |
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332 | (5) |
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Unpacking the Groceries: Moving the File to Google Drive |
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337 | (1) |
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Preparing the Ingredients: Fixing Data Formatting Issues |
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338 | (2) |
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Assembling the Ingredients: Connecting the Data to the Report |
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340 | (1) |
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Preparing the Meal: The Plan Meets Reality |
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340 | (6) |
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Sharing Your Dish: Embedding Reports |
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346 | (15) |
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Embedding a Report in a Google Site |
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351 | (2) |
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Embedding a Report in a Word Press Site |
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353 | (3) |
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Dealing with Pivoted Data |
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356 | (5) |
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Chapter 10 Where Do You Go from Here? |
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Helping Your Audience See the Light |
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363 | (20) |
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Annotation Ideas for Static Reports |
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364 | (3) |
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Annotation Ideas for Interactive Reports |
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367 | (4) |
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Providing Detailed Instructions for Users |
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371 | (4) |
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375 | (2) |
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Data Studio as an Application Development Platform |
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377 | (6) |
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Exotic Ingredients and Your Pantry |
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383 | (13) |
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383 | (5) |
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388 | (2) |
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390 | (5) |
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The Latest Dishes: New Developments and Releases |
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