Data Storytelling with Google Looker Studio

eBook Details:

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: WOW! eBook (October 27, 2022)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1800568762
• ISBN-13: 978-1800568761

eBook Description:

Data Storytelling with Google Data Studio: Apply data storytelling concepts and analytical thinking to create dashboards and reports in Google Data Studio to aid data-driven decision making. Data Storytelling with Google Looker Studio: A hands-on guide to using Looker Studio for building compelling and effective dashboards.

Presenting data visually makes it easier for organizations and individuals to interpret and analyze information. Google Data Studio is an easy-to-use, collaborative tool that enables you to transform your data into engaging visualizations. This allows you to build and share dashboards that help monitor key performance indicators, identify patterns, and generate insights to ultimately drive decisions and actions.

Data Storytelling with Google Looker Studio begins by laying out the foundational design principles and guidelines that are essential to creating accurate, effective, and compelling data visualizations. Next, you’ll delve into features and capabilities of Google Looker Studio – from basic to advanced – and explore their application with examples. The subsequent chapters walk you through building dashboards with a structured three-stage process called the 3D approach using real-world examples that’ll help you understand the various design and implementation considerations. This approach involves determining the objectives and needs of the dashboard, designing its key components and layout, and developing each element of the dashboard.

• Understand what storytelling with data means, and explore its various forms
• Discover the 3D approach to building dashboards – determine, design, and develop
• Test common data visualization pitfalls and learn how to mitigate them
• Get up and running with Data Studio and leverage it to explore and visualize data
• Explore the advanced features of Data Studio with examples
• Become well-versed in the step-by-step process of the 3D approach using practical examples
• Measure and monitor the usage patterns of your Data Studio reports

By the end of this Data Storytelling with Google Data Studio book, you will have a solid understanding of the storytelling approach and be able to create data stories of your own using Data Studio.