# Reporting setup

To start using the Adalysis report templates, you'll first need a free Looker Studio account. Looker Studio is a powerful and flexible reporting tool that makes it easy to visualize your PPC data.

Follow these three steps to get started — your reports can be ready in just 15-20 mins.

## **Step 1: Looker Studio sign up (1 min)**

Create your free [Looker Studio](https://lookerstudio.google.com/overview) account, if you haven't already got one. 

## **Step 2: Create your data sources (5-10 mins)**

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Looker Studio retrieves your data directly from Google Ads (not Adalysis). It uses a data source to connect to your Google Ads account or MCC. &#x20;

To use the Adalysis templates, you'll need to first create your data sources (one for each Google Ads account or MCC). This is a one-off step, and you can then use the same data source in every Looker Studio report for that specific Google Ads account.

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Each data source connects to one Google Ads account. If your agency manages ten Google Ads accounts, you'll need to create ten data sources. This is a quick, one-off process. &#x20;
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Here are the step-by-step instructions on how to create your data sources:

* [Google Ads](/tools/reporting/data-sources/google-ads.md)
* [Google Analytics](/tools/reporting/data-sources/google-analytics.md)
* [Microsoft Ads](/tools/reporting/data-sources/microsoft-ads.md)
* [Facebook](/tools/reporting/data-sources/facebook.md)

## **Step 3: Copy the Adalysis templates and link them to your data sources (1 min)**

To link the Adalysis templates to your own Google Ads data, you'll first need to create a copy of the report. First, choose the template you want from the Reporting menu in Adalysis. Then, switch to Looker Studio and make a copy of it.

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Change the data source of your new report to the one you created in step 2.

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The new report will open in the **Edit** mode with the default name *Copy of ...*.  We'd suggest a simple naming convention to make your reports easier to track.

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