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Looker Studio (formerly Google Data Studio) dashboards are fantastic! You can share it with your clients, collaborators, and bosses. And everyone can consult it at the same time while you are working on it!
But by default, the report changes in real-time every time an editor modifies it. As a result, it is frustrating if you need to work on the report and your clients need to consult it.
But, you can activate the manual publication of your change, allowing you to work on your report and decide when to publish your modifications. You can even pre-visualize your work in view mode before publishing it.
You can activate the manual publication in a report by following these steps:
The manual publication is now active! So you can start editing your report without disturbing the viewer.
At the top of your screen, a new selector appears. It indicates in which mode you are:
You can use the View mode and then change your version from Published to Draft to see your unpublished change.
Once the manual publication is active, you will have to publish every time you make a change. Even the slightest modifications must be posted to be applied in the report.
You can publish with the Publish button at the top right of your report. However, if your report did not change from the last time it was published, this button is not clickable:
If you have some modifications to publish, the button is colored:
Click on it, and accept the pop-up. All your modifications have been published to the live version, and your viewers can see them.
If you are in edition mode, a third option is available in the selector at the top of the page
You can choose to restore a version at any time. To do so:
You can rename an old version, creating different report versions. Therefore, you can work on a report with multiple versions and restore the one you need when necessary.
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