Community Connectors: Access all your data in Google Data Studio

Data Studio is relatively new dashboard tool from Google, launched in mid-2016. It’s a superb tool for creating professional looking reports, easily and quickly, and it connects seamlessly to other Google data sources (e.g. Analytics, AdSense, Sheets, …).

Here’s an introduction to Data Studio and a look at the more advanced features.

GitHub commit dashboard, built with the new native data Community Connector
GitHub commits dashboard, built in Data Studio using a native Data Connector

Do you work with data outside of Google’s ecosystem though?

I’ll go out on a limb here, and say, yes, most likely you do.

Perhaps you’re a digital marketing analyst looking at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, MailChimp data (etc…) for example.

Many of us work with other web services and you want that data displayed in Data Studio. With the launch of native data Community Connectors, you can connect to your favorite web services and access data that lives outside the Google ecosystem directly!

What is a Data Studio Community Connector?

Data Studio Community Connector example
Data Studio Community Connector example with the MailChimp API (click to enlarge)

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