in this video we're gonna learn about data and install properties of charts in
data studio and see how we can use them to visualize data exactly the way we want.
Hi this is Ahmad from Siavak with another lesson from Google Data
studio essentials. In the previous lesson we learned about different types of data
connectors and how we can use them to create data sources and then we learn
how to connect that data source to blank reports to create a chart in this lesson
we learn how to customize the settings of that chart using data and in style
properties let's begin depending on the type of the data and the way we intend
to present it we can choose from several type of charts and data studio and then
customize the data and install properties of the chart to visualize
data the way we want before I start to show you the different types of charts
let's use the table that's already on the canvas and take a closer look at the
data and its type properties in data studio first let's move the table closer
to the sidebar so we can zoom into the section okay looks nice you know from
the previous lessons that we can customize the charts data in this tab
first of all we can choose from which data source this chart is getting its
data from this table is getting its data from the g8 dem account but we can click
on the data source and select any other data source to connect to this table
once we select the data source then at the bottom we can select which
dimensions and metrics from that data source we want to present in that chart
this table is showing the number of new users for each page title but let's say
we want to see the number of sessions per source medium we can either add
dimensions and metrics by clicking on one of these boxes and then selecting
the field like this source medium ok or we can find a field on the right side
and then drop it on the left we can also replace a field just like that needs it
by clicking on it and selecting another field or by dropping another field or
it's plus we can change the order of the fields which affects how they appear on
the chart or we can remove the at the left side of the field name we
can see the type of the field and if we hover on it it changes to a small pencil
icon which lets us change the properties of the field here we can rename this
field for example we can call it source and medium but it will only affect this
same table and if we are using the same source medium field in another chart on
this report it will be unaffected the rest of the data properties are really
depends on the type of chart that we've selected but there are a few more at the
end that are common across all charts in data studio let's take a look at them
but first I want you to note something that there is no scrollbar for this data
property so you cannot grab on something to scroll down you have to use your
Mouse's wheel to scroll down on this tab that's quite weird but once you figure
it out you won't forget it one of the most important data properties of any
chart is its date range this controls for which timeframe do we see the data
in the chart by default it's set to auto which means last 28 days but we can also
set it to custom once we select custom we can choose our own date range for the
chart we can either click here and choose a fixed date range by selecting
their start and end dates or we can click on the drop down menu and choose a
dynamic date range the dynamic date range will be calculated based on the
actual day that the report is being viewed so for example if we set it on
the last seven days every time that someone views the report the table will
show the data for the last seven days relative to that day optionally we can
choose to compare the metric with another date range for example the
previous period or the same date range last year I'm gonna set it to previous
period supply so here in the table we can see how much each metric has changed
from last 7 days to the 7 days before another really
important property of almost any chart is a filter with the table filter we can
limit the types of information that are presented on a chart for example let's
say we want to limit this table to only show sessions from mobile devices what
we can do is to click add a filter give it a name
and then set it to include when the device category equals to mobile the
table is now only showing sessions from mobile devices
finally if only we are using a Google Analytics data source we can apply a
Google Analytics segment for example let's say we only want to take a look at
the returning users we can click add a segment and from the system segment we
can select returning users once we do that the segment will be applied to the
chart so now we have a table that are showing the number of sessions from
returning users on a mobile device pesos medium and is comparing it from last 7
days to the 7 days before so this is basically the data tab the rest of the
settings really depend on the type of chart that we select next we'll take a
closer look at the style tab from where we can define the appearance of our
charts once we configure the data properties of our chart we can head over
to the style tab to control the appearance of the chart and change its
look and feel while each chart type has some of its own specific edge style
settings there are some settings that are similar between all of them for
example for almost every chart we can change the fonts of different sections
you can change the font for the header and separately for the table labels we
can also adjust font sizes and colors
and in some cases we can change the text alignment for example I can set the
metrics to be left aligned for a table we can double click on a column border
to adjust the width of the columns then for almost every chart we can set a
background color we can also set a border and adjust its weight its color
and its type for example it can be solid - Tata
when I choose dashed it doesn't look good going back to solid we can also
change the border radius huzzah but let's say it's 25 it's too much 20
better and we can also apply border shadow but personally I'm not a huge fan
of it let's take a look to be honest it looks ugly but it's just for
demonstration purposes in this lesson we learn how to customize a job next we
learn about different chart types in data studio there are features and best
practices and how we can use different charts to tell different stories with
our data I hope you've learned something new today we can test your knowledge by
taking the quiz for this lesson or you can continue to the next you can find
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