Connect your spreadsheets

Optimize your spreadsheet for Geckoboard

Parepare your spreadsheet for Geckoboard by importing data to it, formatting it, performing calculations and reducing errors.

Written by Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago

Aggregate Google Adwords and AdSense data in Geckoboard

By linking GA to your Adwords and AdSense accounts you pair a GA add-on with Spreadsheets to aggregate or manipulate your data.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Automatically refresh your Google Sheets data daily with Supermetrics

Use Supermetrics to schedule an automatic daily refresh of your data on Google Sheets for use in Geckoboard.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Why we don't support calculations or aggregated data using Spreadsheets

Geckoboard doesn’t support any sort of modification or calculation of your data, so any changes must be done outside of Geckoboard first.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Set refresh rate for spreadsheets widgets powered by import functions

You can set your own refresh interval by writing a script using Google Apps Script Editor.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Connect your Google Sheet to Geckoboard

Steps to pull data from a Google Sheet stored in Google Drive.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Connect your Excel spreadsheet from Google Drive

Steps to pull data from Excel files stored on Google Drive.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Connect your Excel spreadsheet from Dropbox

Steps to pull data from Excel files stored on Dropbox.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Connect your Excel file from OneDrive

Steps to pull data from Excel files stored on OneDrive personal and business.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Connect your Excel spreadsheet from SharePoint

Steps to pull data from Excel files stored on SharePoint.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Connect your Excel spreadsheet stored on a local machine

To pull data from an Excel file hosted on a local machine, you'll need to upload to a cloud storage platform.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Make your connected Google Sheet private

When there are spreadsheets in your Google Drive you don't want to share you can create a direct download link for your connected sheet.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Send Data from Google Sheets using Datasets to calculate metrics and build visuals

Useful for doing simple aggregations directly within your dashboard.

Written by Kelsey Milner
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Customize spreadsheets widgets

Learn how to adjust presentation options and filter your spreadsheets data to create easy-to-understand visualizations.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Create gauge widgets from spreadsheets

Learn about the various configuration options available when creating gauge widgets from your spreadsheet data.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Create line chart widgets from spreadsheets

Learn about the various configuration options available when creating line chart widgets from your spreadsheet data.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Create number widgets from spreadsheets

Learn about the various configuration options available when creating number widgets from your spreadsheet data.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Create column chart widgets from spreadsheets

Learn about the various configuration options available when creating column chart widgets from your spreadsheet data.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Create bar chart widgets from spreadsheets

Learn about the various configuration options available when creating bar chart widgets from your spreadsheet data.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Create leaderboard widgets from spreadsheets

Learn about the various configuration options available when creating leaderboard widgets from your spreadsheet data.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Create table widgets from spreadsheets

Learn about the various configuration options available when creating table widgets from your spreadsheet data.

Written by Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago

Create text widgets from spreadsheets

Written by Richard Ingram
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Create dynamic spreadsheet widgets

Including pre-populated cells in your cell selection means your spreadsheet widgets will automatically respond as data is added.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Compare two numbers in your spreadsheet

Compare your selected spreadsheet cell with a choice of four comparison visualizations: goal, number, percentage, and sparkline.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Display data from pivot tables in Geckoboard

Learn how to retrieve pivot table data by using ImportRange to reproduce the pivot table in a new Google sheet.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Create multiple series charts using spreadsheets

Learn how to add multiple series of data to line and column charts using data from spreadsheets.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Add goals to track progress on your spreadsheet data

Goals are shown as progress bars on number widgets and shaded areas on line, column and bar charts.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Highlight important changes to your spreadsheet data

Add status indicators to number and gauge widgets to spot important changes to your spreadsheet data.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Create a event countdown Number widget

Learn how to build a widget displaying a countdown number.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Add milestones to a table widget

Build a table widget displaying milestones from a Google Sheet or Excel file.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Highlight table widget cells in spreadsheets using Emoji

Steps to build a table widget with conditional color-based Emoji.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Use Google Forms to collect information and display it on a dashboard

Collect user-generated data, like quick polls to full-on questionnaires, and display it on a dashboard.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Display a 'quote of the day' text widget using spreadsheets

Steps to display a daily inspirational quote on your dashboard using our Spreadsheets data source.

Written by Richard Ingram
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How to build visualizations from data dumps

Guidance for how to take a data dump and use formulas in a new sheet to build visualizations.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Refresh rate for Spreadsheet widgets

Widgets refresh every 15 mins, except when powered by a Google Sheet where it's within 3 mins from the sheet's last update.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Manually refresh Spreadsheets widgets

Steps to refresh your Spreadsheet widget while you're building and editing it.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Use Google Sheets’ ImportData function to display online data in Geckoboard

Learn how the ImportData function pairs with our Spreadsheet data source to build visualizations from CSV files.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Use Google Sheets’ ImportHTML function to display data in Geckoboard

Learn how the ImportHTML function imports data from a table or list within a website into a Google Sheet.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Use ImportRange to extract data needed for Geckoboard to a new spreadsheet

Learn how Google Sheets' ImportRange function helps import data samples and run calculations in a separate sheet from the source.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Use Google Sheets’ GoogleFinance function to display data in Geckoboard

Learn how the GoogleFinance function pairs with our Spreadsheets data source to display market data on your Geckoboard dashboard.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Create a weather widget using Google Sheets

Steps to build a widget displaying temperature and weather using weatherstack data.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Excel spreadsheet file not showing in Geckoboard

Check if your file is saved in a different format from .xlsx.

Written by Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago

Spreadsheet FetchError: 'Could not find spreadsheet file'

Check that your share settings are set correctly and if you have the right type of sharing link.

Written by Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago

Spreadsheets error: 'Error fetching the list of spreadsheets'

Check if "Allow users to install Google Drive apps" in the "Data Access" menu is enabled.

Written by Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago

Spreadsheet import error: 'This worksheet is too large to import'

Steps to avoid hitting the 5MB file size limit for connected spreadsheets.

Written by Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago

Connected Excel spreadsheet not updating after making changes

This might be due to your changes occurring in-between refreshes, or your uploaded file failed to overwrite an older version.

Written by Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago

Deleted spreadsheet on Google Drive still powering widgets

Files in your Google Drive Trash folder are still, in effect, regarded as active documents until emptied.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Spreadsheets error: 'Cannot read property "offsetWidth" of undefined'

This error will occur if you only have one row of data to select from.

Written by Richard Ingram
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X-Axis dates not display correctly on charts

This often occurs when X-Axis dates are being calculated by a formula, or when they're sourced from another sheet.

Written by Richard Ingram
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Pivot table sheet is empty

You'll need to use ImportRange to reproduce the pivot table in a new sheet.

Written by Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago