Creating a Visits Gauge for iGoogle

One key philosophy we've taken with Easy Insight is that there are a lot of other dashboard products out there--we don't need to be another. Instead, we set you up with the facilities to view Easy Insight reports in the context of other dashboards. For example, let's walk through how you can build a simple gauge showing how many visits come in the last week to your website, as tracked through Google Analytics, and how you add that gauge to your iGoogle page.



Start by pulling up your Google Analytics data source in the report editor. Choose the Gauge report type and drag in Visits as a measure. Plug in a maximum value for the gauge and you'll see the gauge image update with where you're at relative to that maximum value. Save the report, then click over to the Export tab and click on the iGoogle button. You'll be linked over to iGoogle, where you need to confirm addition of the widget to your dashboard. Once you've done that, you'll see the widget appear on your iGoogle page, giving you an ongoing view into your visitor count!