Configuration Guide: Across Charts in Looker Studio

A few configurations can be applied to all available charts in Looker Studio (Formerly known as Data Studio), explained with pictures and how to use them.

Background and Border in Google Data Studio

1. Background and Border in Looker Studio

Background and Border offer ways to customize the appearance of charts individually or on the report level. For instance, you may want to customize your charts to match your company branding color. Consistent and meaningful use of color makes your reports more attractive and easier to understand. You can apply color and border options to every available chart in Looker Studio. If you are unsure about a uniform design, please use the standard design available in Google Data Studio. The color and style settings of these designs are set so that the reports are visually appealing and suitable for color-blind users.

Missing Data in Google Data Studio

2. Missing Data in Looker Studio

This option controls how to display missing values according to your preference. For example, when data is missing from the scorecard, you can choose to show blanks (""), 0 (Zero), hyphens (-), the words "null" or "No data."

Conditional Formatting in Google Data Studio

3. Conditional Formatting in Looker Studio

Based on the data, you can set the font and background colors used in your charts. For example, if Revenue is greater than 100000, then set the scorecard text color to green.

Chart Header in Google Data Studio

4. Chart Header in Looker Studio

Chart headers allow viewers to perform several actions on charts, such as data export, drilling up or down, and view charts in explorer tools. Available across charts in Looker Studio and the color is also customizable.

Legends in Google Data Studio

5. Legends in Looker Studio

These options decide the placement and visibility of the chart legend. Legend Alignment and Max lines are also configurable.

Reference Lines and Trendlines in Google Data Studio

6. Reference Lines and Trendlines in Looker Studio

Reference lines show how the data in a chart compares to a reference value or let you show target values and set thresholds and benchmarks. For example, you can use reference lines to visualize daily sales against a target sales figure.

Trend lines reveal the general tendency of the data on a chart. Trend lines allow you to spot patterns and make predictions from otherwise random data. You can add trend lines to time series and scatter charts.

Background and Border in Looker Studio

Missing Data in Looker Studio

Conditional Formatting in Looker Studio

Chart Header in Looker Studio

Legends in Looker Studio

Reference Lines and Trendlines in Looker Studio

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