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Tutorial: Create a new repo!
Follow these steps to create a simple Google Analytics repo!.
Creating reports in Data Studio is easy! In this tutorial, you'll build a useful
and attractive report in just a few steps.
Let's get started!
In this article:
Create a new blank report
Add another chart to the report
Style the report
Add a banner
Add a title to the report
Next steps
Create a new blank repo!
1. a. Sign in to Data Studio.
b. In the top left, click Create, then select Report.
c. You'll see the report editor tool, with the Add data to report panel open. This panel
has 2 tabs: Connect to data and My data sources.
i. In the Connect to data tab, select a connector, create a new data source, and
add that to your report:
i. Select the type of data you want to visualize.
ii. Provide your account or other details.
iii. In the bottom right, click Add.
ii. Use My data sources to add an existing data source to your report:
The My data sources tab includes a number of sample data sources.
To follow along with this tutorial, select the [Sample] Google Analytics
Data data source. If you add a different data source, your results may vary from
the steps described here.
i. Locate the data source you want.
ii. In the bottom right, click Add.
iii. The data source is added to your report.
d. A table appears with fields from that data source.
Use the properties panel on the right to change the data and style of the table.
e. In the top left, name your report by clicking Untitled Report and then entering a new
name.
Add more data
To add more data sources to a report, in the toolbar, click Add data.
Add another cha! to the repo!
The time series chart plots data over the course of time.
1. In the tool bar, click Add a chart.
2. Select a Time series chart .
3. Click the canvas where you want the chart to appear.
4. Data Studio automatically adds the Date dimension and the Source metric (assuming
you're using an Analytics data source).
5. To adjust the chart's position, click and drag it, or select the chart and move it using
your keyboard arrow keys.
Each press of the arrow key moves the chart one full column or row (10 px) on the grid.
Hold the Shift key down while using your arrow keys to nudge the selected components
into place a pixel at a time.
6. To adjust the chart's size, select it, then drag a corner or mid-line point.
7. Let's breakdown the chart by Device Category:
a. Make sure the time series is selected.
b. On the right, under Available Fields, use the search tool to find the Device Category
dimension.
c. Drag the field and drop it on the Breakdown Dimension target.
Your chart should now display data series for the different device categories (Mobile,
Desktop, and Tablet):
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Style the repo!
Preset themes let you apply color and style options to your entire report.
1. Edit the report.
2. In the toolbar, click Theme and layout.
3. In the THEME tab, click the theme you want to apply.
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You can customize any of the preset themes. For example, you can select a different
background color that better matches your brand:
1. In the Theme and Layout panel, click Customize.
2. Scroll down to the Background and Border section
3. Use the color picker to set the Background color to your favorite color. Something in a
mauvy-peach, perhaps?
Add a banner
Use a colored rectangle as a background banner for your report header.
1. Select the Page component by clicking anywhere in the grid area.
2. Select the Rectangle tool from the toolbar.
3. Draw a rectangle across the top of the page.
4. On the right, in the Rectangle Properties panel, set the rectangle
background color to blue.
Extra credit! Add a gradient to the banner.
Add a title to the repo!
The text tool lets you annotate your reports and charts.
1. Select the Text tool from the toolbar.
2. Draw a textbox inside the banner rectangle.
3. Type Google Analytics Demo Dashboard in the textbox.
4. Highlight the text. Use the Text Properties panel on the right to change
the font color and the font size to something that looks nice to you.
Hey! Where's the SAVE button?
Data Studio automatically saves every change you make, so there's no need to click Save
when editing a report. Pretty sweet!
Next steps
Add more charts to your report.
Learn more about the building, stylizing, and adding data to reports.
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