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by reilly3000 1773 days ago
This addresses key usability issues with most data initiatives. Don’t be dismayed that people who haven’t tried to share reports with teams don’t get it… I get it and I presume end users will love it. There is a particular need for metadata support in Google data studio that would be great if you could help solve: there are no folders or any real way to curate data outside of report sharing and leaving text boxes on the reports themselves. It’s kind of a nightmare for an otherwise powerful and popular tool.

I’d also like to see comment threads over data discoveries. Like a snapshot of a report with in-context exploration would be super helpful. In my experience the default behavior is a report screenshot dropped into a slack thread, and I know there can be better. QlikView does a decent job at this but it has the trappings of enterprise software. I think that would unlock a lot of value out of reports and give a place for teams to understand opportunities and celebrate wins. Congrats on the launch!

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Thanks for the positive message. We appreciate the support from people who understand the problem that we're trying to solve with Secoda. We haven't had someone request Google Data Studio as an integration, but if you were interested in discussing what that would look like please reach out to andrew@secoda.co. It looks like there's an API for accessing assets in Google Data Studio, so it's definitely possible.

Our most requested feature is discussion threads attached to each data resource (table, dashboard, etc) to build context around a resource. So that will be coming in the near future, and we are happy to hear you also think it would be super helpful!