[community] How to use the Google Sheets Data source plugin

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Dear Community members :wave: ,

I have created this video tutorial on how to use the Google Sheets Data source plugin to visualize and create Dashboards in Grafana :grafana:

Regardless you have data related to:

  • Scientific Calculations
  • DevOps Operations Cost related
  • IT Management
  • Product Managers
  • Data Analyst, Data Scientists
  • Python, Matlab, Java or any other tool that generates a CSV, XLS or XLSX data format.
  • More…

Link to the tutorial:

It contains the guides:

  • How to install and configure the Google Sheets Plugin
  • How to configure the Google Sheets API Key
  • 2 Examples
    • DevOps Cost
    • Weather data

Link to video:

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I had a moment when I was working on a community project and needed to pull data from different sheets to create a cohesive report. The plugin made it so much easier to gather and analyze everything in one place.

What helped me a lot was getting familiar with some advanced excel formulas & functions examples. These resources gave me ideas on how to structure my data and utilize formulas effectively in both Google Sheets and Excel. It was a huge relief to see my data come together smoothly, and I could focus on what really mattered—making the project a success.

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Hi @rabbinray

Many thanks for sharing your feedback and experience with the plugin.

If you would like to share more details about how you use the plugin in your use-case (maybe even write a small blog post), then feel free to let me know, we can definitely discuss it together.

Cheers,
Usman