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Yelp Reviews report building guide

Use the Yelp Reviews data source connector to check how many reviews and what kind of ratings a business on Yelp has received and analyze the reviews and ratings over time. You can also compare the reviews and ratings of different businesses.


For a full list of metrics and dimensions available in our Yelp Reviews data source connector, take a look at our Yelp Reviews documentation.


Once you’ve connected to Yelp Reviews, you're ready to create your first queries!


Query types for this data source

When connecting to the Yelp Reviews data source, you need to select a query type. The query type defines what sort of metrics and dimensions are available.

  • Reviews: Get data for up to 100 of the most recent reviews.


Try these queries

See the following use cases for examples on how to set up queries.


See ratings and review content

Explore the ratings and reviews along with the review date, text, and link to the review.


For best results in Looker Studio, use the table chart type.

  1. Select the Date, Rating, Text, and Link to review dimensions.


See average rating

Keep track of the average rating. We also include the number of reviews in the data. 


The "Average rating" metric shows the average rating of the reviews.

The "Number of reviews" metric shows the number of reviews.


For best results in Looker Studio, use the table chart type.

  1. Select the Average rating and Number of reviews metrics.


See monthly average ratings

Take a look at how your average rating has evolved over time. In this example, we take a look at the data at the monthly level.


The "Average rating" metric shows the average rating of the reviews.

The "Number of reviews" metric shows the number of reviews.


For best results in Looker Studio, use the time series chart type.

  1. Select the Average rating and Number of reviews metrics.
  2. Select the Year & Month dimension to split the query results by year and month.


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