# I can build a metrics dashboard for you - Google Data Studio **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [July 29, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-can-build-a-metrics-dashboard-for-you-google-data-studio/29722 "2021-07-29T23:57:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BlakeWS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/blakews/32/24377_2.png) [@BlakeWS](https://community.glideapps.com/u/BlakeWS)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-can-build-a-metrics-dashboard-for-you-google-data-studio/29722/1 "2021-07-29T23:57:35Z")
The last couple of weeks I’ve been working with Google Data Studio for metrics dashboards, and I’d like to build some more real-world examples. If you have some clean data you can give me access to, (preferably imported to a Gsheet just for me), some metrics in mind, and some examples of your branding, then I can build it for you for free. The dashboards are (supposedly) embeddable, and I’ll be testing this out. > **[Looker Studio Report Gallery](https://lookerstudio.google.com/gallery?)** > > The Looker Studio Gallery is the official showcase for our users' best work. I’m making my own example tonight that I can make public, and will post it here. GDS could be a nice supplement to your Glide app(s) and business. Feel free to DM me. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![gvalero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/gvalero/32/1037_2.png) [@gvalero](https://community.glideapps.com/u/gvalero)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-can-build-a-metrics-dashboard-for-you-google-data-studio/29722/2 "2021-07-30T01:10:00Z")
Hola, I have worked with GDS since 2018 and it is an amazing tool, more incredible is the fact that it’s free!! 🥳 I discovered Glide by accident, looking for a new tool to show my dashboards, I read a post on some web site where it stated something like “_you can build now an APP using a Google Spreadsheet with no code_” and I thought: No way… WTF?? I took one of my GS already sorted and tested to work with GDS and created my first Glide APP using that one. When the wizard finished loading my GS and showed me the APP, I almost couldn’t believe it, the APP was built in 70-80%, I almost cried 🤣 I always needed a way or tool to write/update my dashboard data saved in GS and finally I had one. Later, I discovered this community forum and learned more tricks and right procedures to create relations and solutions and as you can see, I am still here! But coming back to your original idea 😜, I have tried to put some dashboards into Webview component but these weren’t embeddable (well, when I tested it 4-5 months ago). If you have better luck than me please, let me know. Feliz día! ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-can-build-a-metrics-dashboard-for-you-google-data-studio/29722/3 "2021-07-30T01:11:17Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/c/f/cf86823f8594c51f3134bd2b72eca9c4355c1471.png) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gvalero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/gvalero/32/1037_2.png) [@gvalero](https://community.glideapps.com/u/gvalero)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-can-build-a-metrics-dashboard-for-you-google-data-studio/29722/4 "2021-07-30T01:12:36Z")
No way!! 🙃 Thanks @ThinhDinh ---
**Author:** ![BlakeWS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/blakews/32/24377_2.png) [@BlakeWS](https://community.glideapps.com/u/BlakeWS)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-can-build-a-metrics-dashboard-for-you-google-data-studio/29722/5 "2021-07-30T01:18:57Z")
That’s amazing! I stumbled on GDS the opposite way, searching for dashboard software, getting very frustrated trying the well-known paid options, and on a subsequent search found GDS. ---
**Author:** ![BlakeWS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/blakews/32/24377_2.png) [@BlakeWS](https://community.glideapps.com/u/BlakeWS)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-can-build-a-metrics-dashboard-for-you-google-data-studio/29722/6 "2021-07-30T01:21:11Z")
Nice one! With the “Explorer” option within GDS you can make stand-alone charts as well. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-can-build-a-metrics-dashboard-for-you-google-data-studio/29722/7 "2021-07-30T04:24:12Z")
damn! I need to check this out… ---
**Author:** ![BlakeWS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/blakews/32/24377_2.png) [@BlakeWS](https://community.glideapps.com/u/BlakeWS)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-can-build-a-metrics-dashboard-for-you-google-data-studio/29722/8 "2021-07-30T04:31:08Z")
Here’s a minimalist example I made with fake data from my own biz. It takes much more time to aggregate the data than it does to make the dashboard. The big caveats of the free version is that the minimum data refresh time is 15 minutes, and the embed can’t be refreshed, so it’s not suitable for real-time apps. ![Emigro_Dashboard](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/e/9/e9082ceede16fcd0afb0959c3348df1efec8b471.png) ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Community](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/blue_community/32/16616_2.png) [@Blue\_Community](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Blue_Community)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-can-build-a-metrics-dashboard-for-you-google-data-studio/29722/9 "2021-08-11T20:34:49Z")
love it… just sent you a message ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Pires](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/lucas_pires/32/64863_2.png) [@Lucas\_Pires](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lucas_Pires)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 3:56am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-can-build-a-metrics-dashboard-for-you-google-data-studio/29722/10 "2021-08-12T03:56:01Z")
> [@BlakeWS](#): > > The big caveats of the free version is that the minimum data refresh time is 15 minutes, and the embed can’t be refreshed, so it’s not suitable for real-time apps. Yeah, that’s a big deal ---
**Author:** ![BlakeWS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/blakews/32/24377_2.png) [@BlakeWS](https://community.glideapps.com/u/BlakeWS)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/i-can-build-a-metrics-dashboard-for-you-google-data-studio/29722/11 "2021-08-12T04:10:57Z")
I found that the embed refreshes when you switch tabs back and forth. But any time the tab loads/refreshes the embed takes ~5 seconds to load, so it would be confusing for users. The charts can be made to look very good though. No CSS… ![Lufthansa](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/2/a/2a70088676a0e0bdf102e6a69bb09fb45f1ba829.png)