Tag Data Table

February 22, 2020

A beginner's guide to Google Data Studio blending

As compared to tools like Tableau or Looker, Google Data Studio is pretty simple. However, for a lot of users, it will be their first confrontation with data manipulations like case formula or data blending. In this article, I’ll explain in detail how to blend data sources. It can be pretty intimidating, but don’t worry; it is not that complicated. What is data blending? Data blending is a feature of data studio allowing you to cross, merge, join (or whatever term you want to use) data sources.

February 5, 2020

Bend data studio to your will with "photoshop" layers or How to freeze Table rows

Here is a short article on how to freeze top rows in Google Data Studio with Tables. The fix itself might be quickly outdated but the solution is interesting as it shows how to play with “layers” to bend Data Studio to your will. The issue When you create a table in Google Data Studio, there is no way (yet!) to freeze the first row. I’m not talking about the header of your table but the first “real” row.