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Learn Looker Studio

Build shareable dashboards from Sheets, BigQuery and analytics data.

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Looker Studio, formerly called Google Data Studio, is a free browser-based tool for building reports and dashboards from connected data such as Google Sheets, BigQuery, Google Analytics and many third-party connectors. You add data sources, place charts, tables and scorecards on a canvas, then add controls like date range pickers and drop-down filters so viewers can explore. Calculated fields, data blending and careful field types let you shape metrics without changing the source. Learnr builds a Looker Studio course around the report you want to make, with short lessons that move from a first chart to a polished, shareable dashboard.

How to learn Looker Studio, step by step

Start from a clean Google Sheet. Put tidy data in a sheet with one header row and consistent types, then connect it as a data source. In the data source editor, check each field is the right type, such as Date, Number or Currency.
Learn dimensions versus metrics. Dimensions are things you group by, like country or date, and metrics are numbers you aggregate, like revenue. Most confusing charts come from a field set to the wrong role or default aggregation.
Build one page that answers one question. Add scorecards for headline numbers, a time series for the trend and a table for detail. Set comparison date ranges on scorecards so viewers see change versus the previous period at a glance.
Make it interactive. Add a date range control and a drop-down list control, then group components so filters only apply where you intend. Test the report as a viewer would, clicking every control once.
Shape metrics with calculated fields and blends. Write calculated fields such as revenue per order and CASE statements to group values. Blend two sources on a shared key, like spend and conversions by date, and check totals against the originals. Brief Learnr lessons help these functions stick.
Polish and share responsibly. Apply a consistent theme, align components to a grid and label every chart with a plain title. Choose whether viewers use your credentials or their own, and share view-only links unless others need to edit.

What you'll learn

Connect data sources and set field types and aggregations correctly
Build scorecards, time series, bar charts and tables
Add date range controls and filter controls for interactive reports
Write calculated fields with CASE and arithmetic functions
Blend data sources and share reports with the right access settings

What's inside your Looker Studio course

A sample path Learnr builds for Looker Studio. Your real course adapts to your goal and level.

1. Data sources and connectors
2. Fields, dimensions and metrics
3. Charts, scorecards and tables
4. Controls, filters and date ranges
5. Calculated fields and data blending
6. Layout, styling and sharing

How long does it take to learn Looker Studio?

A first useful dashboard takes an afternoon or two. Comfort with calculated fields, blending, controls and good layout usually comes in 2 to 4 weeks at a few hours a week, faster if your data is already clean.

What you need before you start

A Google account and basic spreadsheet skills. Knowing what you want to measure matters more than technical background; SQL helps later if you connect BigQuery.

Common mistakes to avoid

Connecting messy sheets with mixed types or merged cells, then fighting the charts. Clean the source data and set field types first.
Averaging a ratio field instead of recomputing it from totals, which gives wrong blended figures. Build ratios as calculated fields from summed parts.
Cramming every metric onto one page. Decide the question each page answers and move supporting detail to a second page.

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Looker Studio questions, answered

Is Looker Studio free?

The standard version is free with a Google account. There is also a paid Looker Studio Pro tier with added team management features. Some third-party connectors charge separately.

Is Looker Studio the same as Looker?

No. Looker is a separate enterprise BI platform with its own modeling language. Looker Studio is the free report and dashboard builder that used to be called Data Studio.