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So.. it's google analytics? Or a client for analytics? I still don't understand. Why wouldn't this just be integrated into their existing platform?

BucketSort 10y ago
My guess is that they are trying to make a data analytics platform for data in general, but the system integrates easily with their other data driven products.
minimaxir 10y ago
The Data Studio appears to be explicitly a dashboard service, but for any kind of data (which puts it in competition with services like Tableau). There is some overlap with Google Analytics and its native dashboards, but that's not a bad thing.
- soared 10y ago
  Oh god the dashboards in GA are so awful, I cringe whenever someone requests one.
  - Something1234 10y ago
    Why are they terrible? Do they misrepresent the information?
golfer 10y ago
Somewhat like Tableau, but in the cloud. (Tableau may have a cloud version too, I'm actually not sure)
- tajen 10y ago
  ...in the cloud, hence it aims more at being a glue for the web. Merge datasources from anywhere, create joint reports, an incentive for everyone to open-up their data and make it accessible to Google. Sounds like a smart idea to place Google in the middle of the web.
- shawnzvinis 10y ago
  Yes there is a Tableau Cloud – costs extra though! ;)
- tixocloud 10y ago
  Yep, Tableau does have a cloud version too - both private and hosted.
  - djd20 10y ago
    Also worth checking out is http://redash.io http://redash.io for this kind of stuff - fairly new but developing quickly and very easy to hack on/add stuff. Good docs, easy to deploy and has some nice auto-update reports bits. We use that quite heavily. Its open source/free to use but also comes with paid cloudy plans.
    - arikfr 10y ago
      Thanks for mentioning Redash! (I'm the author) It's actually not that new -- I've been working on it for 3 years now :-)
soared 10y ago
This just lets you make pretty dashboards/reports for google analytics and a bunch of other data.
IMcD23 10y ago
I find it similar to PowerBI from Microsoft.
- blahi 10y ago
  Except much, much, much less capable.
  - dfmooreqqq 10y ago
    Agreed. PowerBI has so much more functionality - and more adding every month. And with the ability to use R to make charts, it has a lot more customizability.
  - pritambarhate 10y ago
    Hopefully this the start of something very powerful.
tibu 10y ago
I think this is their visualization platform for BigQuery
crb 10y ago
The Google Analytics team built a dashboard tool, as part of their "Google Analytics 360" release. Other teams, including Cloud, then worked with them to make it available for other data sources, including Google BigQuery and MySQL.
arsenico 10y ago
This is a fully-fledged basic business intelligence tool, which can chart data from Google Analytics, Google Sheets and MySQL an series of other sources. It is a perfect free alternative to QlikView/Tableau for some simple data projects.

BucketSort 10y ago

My guess is that they are trying to make a data analytics platform for data in general, but the system integrates easily with their other data driven products.

minimaxir 10y ago

The Data Studio appears to be explicitly a dashboard service, but for any kind of data (which puts it in competition with services like Tableau). There is some overlap with Google Analytics and its native dashboards, but that's not a bad thing.

soared 10y ago
Oh god the dashboards in GA are so awful, I cringe whenever someone requests one.
- Something1234 10y ago
  Why are they terrible? Do they misrepresent the information?

golfer 10y ago

Somewhat like Tableau, but in the cloud. (Tableau may have a cloud version too, I'm actually not sure)

tajen 10y ago
...in the cloud, hence it aims more at being a glue for the web. Merge datasources from anywhere, create joint reports, an incentive for everyone to open-up their data and make it accessible to Google. Sounds like a smart idea to place Google in the middle of the web.
shawnzvinis 10y ago
Yes there is a Tableau Cloud – costs extra though! ;)
tixocloud 10y ago
Yep, Tableau does have a cloud version too - both private and hosted.
- djd20 10y ago
  Also worth checking out is http://redash.io http://redash.io for this kind of stuff - fairly new but developing quickly and very easy to hack on/add stuff. Good docs, easy to deploy and has some nice auto-update reports bits. We use that quite heavily. Its open source/free to use but also comes with paid cloudy plans.
  - arikfr 10y ago
    Thanks for mentioning Redash! (I'm the author) It's actually not that new -- I've been working on it for 3 years now :-)

soared 10y ago

This just lets you make pretty dashboards/reports for google analytics and a bunch of other data.

IMcD23 10y ago

I find it similar to PowerBI from Microsoft.

blahi 10y ago
Except much, much, much less capable.
- dfmooreqqq 10y ago
  Agreed. PowerBI has so much more functionality - and more adding every month. And with the ability to use R to make charts, it has a lot more customizability.
- pritambarhate 10y ago
  Hopefully this the start of something very powerful.

tibu 10y ago

I think this is their visualization platform for BigQuery

crb 10y ago

The Google Analytics team built a dashboard tool, as part of their "Google Analytics 360" release. Other teams, including Cloud, then worked with them to make it available for other data sources, including Google BigQuery and MySQL.

arsenico 10y ago

This is a fully-fledged basic business intelligence tool, which can chart data from Google Analytics, Google Sheets and MySQL an series of other sources. It is a perfect free alternative to QlikView/Tableau for some simple data projects.