1. What is a Workspace?
Workspaces are where you create and manage all your views for reporting and analysis. This allows you to logically group your data sets (stored in entities called Tables) and create insightful reports and Dashboard over your data. Further, it provides various methods to collaborate with other users.
2. Who can create a Workspace?
Only the Account Administrator and Organization Administrator can create Workspaces. They have the privilege to perform all possible operations such as creating Workspace, creating reports and dashboards, managing users, sharing reports etc.
3. How can I create a Workspace?
You can create a Workspace from the Zoho Analytics Home page. To create a workspace:
- Login to your Zoho Analytics account.
- In your Zoho Analytics Home page, click Import Your Data button.
- If you are part of more than one account as an Account/Organization Administrator, you will be prompted to choose the Organization Name into which you want to import. In the Choose Organization dialog, select the desired Organization Name.
Alternatively, you can also choose the Organization from the drop-down available at the top-left corner, before clicking Import Your Data button.
- Click OK.
- You will be navigated to the Import Your Data page. From here, you can choose from a wide variety of data sources to import from. Refer to Import/Connect to Data help documentation section from more details on importing data.
- Once your import is complete, a workspace will be created on your Zoho Analytics account.
4. What are the options to create a Workspace?
Zoho Analytics provides the following options for creating Workspaces:
- Blank Workspace
- By importing data from
- Files
- Feeds
- Cloud Storage
- Cloud Databases
- Local Databases
- Business Application
- Files
- From Templates
5. How can I create a blank Workspace?
- From the Home page, Import Data section, click on the Blank Workspace option.
- Provide a unique name for the Workspace name. This option is mandatory. You can also provide a Description to your workspace.
- Click Create to create the blank Workspace.
On successful creation, you will be taken inside the Workspace where you can add your data as tables and create reports.
6. How can I create a Workspace by importing data from Files & Feeds?
Often you already have data locally stored in tabular file formats like CSV, XLS/XLSX (Excel), XML, JSON and HTML files, which you would like to import into Zoho Analytics. In Zoho Analytics, you can easily import your data from such file formats using the Import from Files and Feed option and jump start your activities.
To create a Workspace by importing data follow this link to read more about creating a database using this import data option.
7. How can I create a Workspace by importing from Cloud Storage?
You can also create a Workspace by importing data from cloud storage like Zoho Docs, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box and OneDrive using the Import from Cloud Storage option.
Follow this link to read more about creating a Workspace using this import data option.
8. How can I create a Workspace by importing data from Local Databases?
In case you maintain your data in databases such as MS Access, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, Sybase, PostgreSQL SQLite, DB2, DB2 AS/400, and other applications behind firewall then you could synchronize data from your databases into Zoho Analytics Workspace using our Upload Tool.
Zoho Analytics Upload Tool is a downloadable standalone utility, that enables you to pull data from application databases behind firewall to upload the same into Zoho Analytics Workspace.
The Upload Tool also allows you to automate the import process at scheduled intervals. With this your Workspace will be updated with latest data without manual intervention and thus keeps your reports and dashboards latest for better analysis.
To know how to fetch data from your database using Upload Tool, refer to the Import from Local Databases section.
9. How can I create a Workspace by importing Data from Cloud Databases?
Zoho Analytics allows you to import the data stored in different Cloud databases such as Amazon RDS, Amazon Redshift and Microsoft SQL Azure for advanced reporting & analysis.
You can easily setup data import from the cloud databases using the simple setup wizard. It is very simple and does not require any software to be installed. You can completely manage the import process from the Zoho Analytics web interface itself. Click to learn more
10. How can I create a Workspace by importing Data from Business Application?
Zoho Analytics offers integration with various Business applications. You can import data from a wide range of popular business applications like Salesforce CRM, Google Analytics, Google Adwords, Zoho CRM, Zoho Projects etc.
The powerful reporting tool of Zoho Analytics allows you to create dynamic reports and dashboards for easy and effective analysis. You can also benefit from the default reports created by Zoho Analytics on data import for easier and faster consumption of data. Click here to know more
11. How can I create a Workspace from Templates?
Zoho Analytics offers a useful set of business relevant templates which you can use to easily create your Workspace. Follow the steps given below to create a Workspace from template.
- Click Template from Import Data section.
- Provide the Workspace name (mandatory and should be unique).
- Select the template to be used from the list provided under Templates
- If you would like to create the Workspace with sample data (dummy data rows) then, check the option Populate with Sample Data.
- Click Create to create the Workspace.
- Google Adword Campaign Performance Analysis template - Analyze the performance of your Google Adword Campaigns with detailed reports & dashboards.
- Google Adwords Ad Groups Performance Analysis template - Analyze the performance of your Google Adwords Campaigns at the Ad Groups level.
- Project Manager Template - Manage your projects and track the tasks in it with detailed reporting.
- Issue Manager Template - Collect, Assign and Track issues/bugs in your development projects with detailed reporting.
12. Can I customise Workspace settings?
Zoho Analytics allows you to specify a set of preferences for your Workspace which will be applied across the view in the Workspace. To learn more about these settings, refer to the Workspace section.
