Understanding the charts and styling in Looker Studio

What is a Looker Studio dashboard without charts? Nothing!

If you still don't know all the variety of charts that Looker Studio has, we are here to help you. Looker Studio offers a wide range of charts to use in our reports to make them more visual and interactive. In this article, you will learn a little bit more about the charts available on Looker Studio and how to style them.

These charts are:

• Table
• Scorecard
• Time series
• Bar
• Pie
  Google Maps
• Geo Charts
• Line
• Area
• Scatter
• Pivot table
• Bullet
• Treemap
• Sankey
• Gauge

Setup section

In this example, we chose the table chart which is normally the default chart when opening one report.

On the right, you can see a column where you can change the configuration of the chart and its style.

In the setup section, you can:

1. Change and add the metrics and dimensions that you want to pull.

2. Change the rows per page that you want to show.

3. Decide whether to show or not the summary row, which will add a "Total" row and the end of the table.

4. Sort ascending or descending by a specific metric or dimension.

5. Select the date range of the chart, and also if you want a comparison with another date range or not.

6. Add filters.

7. And if you select in the data source to be able to change some parameters, such as change the accounts for example, you will see the option "Parameters".

 

Style section

In this example, we chose a Line chart

This chart has two metrics on it, and you can style these two metrics separately however you want.

In this style section, you can:

1. As we said, style each metric of the chart. These metrics will be called Series #1 and Series #2.
2. You will be able to change the metrics on bars o lines.
3. In the case of choosing a line, the thickness of the line.
4. The color so you can use your company or client's colors.
5. If you want to point or smooth the line.
6. Change the axes.
7. Select the color and the background of the grid.
8. The type and color of the letter of the grid and legend.
9. The alignment of the legend.
10. Change the colors and lines of the background and the border of the chart.
11. Change the position and color of the chart header.

 

On charts like scorecards, you can also:

1. Choose if you want to compact the numbers.
2. And if you have selected a comparison date range, you can change the color of the positive and negative change number.

 

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us via our live chat on our website or via e-mail if you still have doubts or questions. We are happy to help!