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Re:Google Data Studio by chipperyman573 on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @01:18AM (#12898097)
Here's a non account-locked page: https://archive.fo/vkplk
Re:Google Data Studio by flukus on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @01:25AM (#12898131)
Thanks. First big issue for me, it's US only. Why on earth does something like this need to be region locked?

Second is that it's hosted. That makes it a non-starter for enterprise reporting.

Re:Google Data Studio by aeijdenberg on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @02:53AM (#12898434)
Probably no reason other than that it takes time and resources to go through all the steps necessary to launch in a region (e.g. localization, legal etc), and it's more effective to get feedback on a beta product early in one region than to delay for many.
Re:Google Data Studio by the_duke on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @03:14AM (#12898518)
I'm in Europe and it works just fine.
Re:Google Data Studio by flukus on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @06:10PM (#12904788)
I didn't try it, just read the page:

>Data Studio is currently available to users in the United States and we’ll be rolling it out to other geographic regions throughout the year. We hope it helps you share more data and make better business decisions.

Re:Google Data Studio by me_bx on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @07:40AM (#12899722)
not working from Belgium: "Data Studio is not available in your country."
Re:Google Data Studio by the_duke on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @04:50PM (#12904263)
Works in Austria and Germany, though.

Interesting point: what if you work for someone in the US and want to collaborate on a report?

Or you work in the US but need to access / change a report while visiting a client in a country where it's not enabled...

Pretty lame.

Re:Google Data Studio by drusepth on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @04:03AM (#12898709)
FWIW it works in the Netherlands.
Re:Google Data Studio by dogma1138 on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @03:00AM (#12898465)
EU data protection can be in play ATM since they might not have this thing complaint, same goes for other regulations.

So the easy thing is to limit it to the US.

Re:Google Data Studio by Angostura on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @04:39AM (#12898877)
Working OK in the UK.
Re:Google Data Studio by dmoy on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @03:04AM (#12898477)
Compliant, as in complying with regulations?
Re:Google Data Studio by sdoering on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @03:14AM (#12898519)
Exactly. Because we in the EU do not want our customer data (be it personal identifiable information or not) to be transferred to the US without consent of our customers. And rightly so.

I am abbreviating massively here, but since the "Safe Harbor" things are actually a little bit more rough around data transfers.

Non the less Data Studio is available in Germany, as I have already used it. I might be limited on the data sources though.

Re:Google Data Studio by woliveirajr on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @07:04AM (#12899543)
Working in Brazil.
Re:Google Data Studio by jmmcd on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @08:34AM (#12900050)
Not working in Ireland.
Re:Google Data Studio by mthoms on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @01:14PM (#12902558)
Works in Canada