Bullet Chart vs Gauge Chart in Google Data Studio

Google just released the native Gauge Chart in Google Data Studio and comparing against the native Bullet Chart

What is a Guage Chart?

Gauge charts display a single metric performance and progress towards a certain goal or against a benchmark. With target and compared to the previous period configuration to measure metric performance and compare to the previous range and progress towards a certain goal or against a benchmark

Gauge Chart With Target and Compared to the Previous Period

• Bullet chart alternative in Google Data Studio. The gauge chart doesn’t need to be this big and only used to explain in detail.
• A center blue bar is showing the actual value of the metric, in this example, 2021 YTD revenue.
• In this example, target revenue is set as 2 million, and the blue line representing how far the target has reached so far — the left black line showing the revenue of the last year during the same period.

Chart Configurations:

1. [Metrics] — a center blue bar, color can be configured in the DESIGN tab and Scorecard in the middle
2. [Title/Header] — Add a chart header so audiences can see the metrics used in the chart