How to use Datama Light in Looker Studio

Using Datama Solutions as a Looker Studio Community visualisation is a great way to make your report more insightful with the benefits of both.

Datama extensions for Looker Studio are community visualizations. You can add them to your report as any other type of chart, and bring in your data as you would do for any other widget.

Here are the currently existing extensions, and related documentation

Datama Compare: Explain variations through dynamic waterfall and KPI tree

Datama Detect: Detect anomalies in trend lines

Datama Assess: Assess statistical significance of variations

Tip of the week 151: Use Datama’s extension in Looker Studio

Interested in Datama extension in Looker Studio? Here’s how to try it on with no hassle! 🚀

Step 1 — Get your Datama manifest link 🔗

1️⃣Log in to Datama https://app.datama.io/login
2️⃣Go to My account (left side)→ Extensions
3️⃣Under BI tools  (right side), pick Looker Studio
4️⃣Click the copy icon to grab the manifest URL (or license link) (in the middle)

Step 2 — Add it to Looker Studio

1️⃣In your report: Add a chart → Community visualizations → Explore more
2️⃣Click Build your own visualization
3️⃣Paste the copied link into Manifest path
4️⃣Submit → Allows adding → the Datama extension appears under Community visualizations

Tip of the week 151: Use Datama’s extension in Looker Studio