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Looker Studio is one of the best reporting tools. You can create multiple charts to analyze and dig into your data.
One of the great features is the ability to compare metrics to a previous period! You can display the variation or the absolute change for any given metric at any time (if the metrics are historicized).
It is one of the best features to know your progress and compare results from a previous week, month, or year.
The first thing to do is to choose the period for the elements of your report. Looker Studio has set up a unique selector just for the time frame.
From the top menu, click on :
With this selector, all the components set up to Auto Date Range will automatically take the date range selected.
You can check the configuration for a component in the configuration panel:
If auto is selected, the component depends on the date range selector.
If custom is selected, the component depends on the configuration below.
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Once you create the date range selector, you need to activate the comparison to previous period options.
Almost all charts can display the comparison to the previous period, but some cannot (pie charts, maps...), so if you can't find it, try to use another chart.
To activate it :
You have multiple options to choose the date range to compare :
The best way to know which date is compared with which is to create a Time Series chart. Looker Studio will visually tell you which date it is using.
If you tried activating the comparison date range in a table, you noticed it is automatically active on every metrics column.
You can choose the column where to keep it by following this :
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