Filter analytics by date

Filter analytics by date in YouTube — with the four heights of help laid out: do it now, make it easier for the next person to accept, work out the right move when you are stuck, and learn the pattern so it stops coming back.

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The four heights

The same task, four distances: today's deadline, the next reviewer, the stuck moment, the pattern.

Execute — do the immediate task

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Filter channel analytics to the date range April 1 to April 30 and produce a dashboard showing…
Filter channel analytics to the date range April 1 to April 30 and produce a dashboard showing daily views, watch time, top five videos, and subscriber change. Share the dashboard link with Head of Ops Jenna and note any single-day anomalies above a 20 percent deviation from the month’s daily average. Deliver by Monday morning.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Before I share the April dashboard, make the date filter obvious and non-editable for reviewers.…
Before I share the April dashboard, make the date filter obvious and non-editable for reviewers. Put the date range in the title, add a one-line explanation of why April was chosen, and surface any videos published outside April that still drove substantial April views. Call out if any daily dips map to known uploads or platform incidents.

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

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I meant to send April's analytics but the dashboard was set to last 30 days and the execs now have…

I set the date filter to last 30 days by mistake and sent the dashboard

I meant to send April's analytics but the dashboard was set to last 30 days and the execs now have the wrong period. Jenna expects an April-only view for the budget meeting in an hour. I can’t recreate the exact snapshot quickly. What is the fastest way to correct this and restore trust before the meeting?

Become — change the pattern

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In the past six reports I’ve delivered, at least two had the wrong date range and the exec team…

I keep sending reports with the wrong date range to stakeholders

In the past six reports I’ve delivered, at least two had the wrong date range and the exec team calls it careless. I lose credibility and the meetings get shorter. I keep assuming the default filter matches the requested period. What simple habit or safeguard will stop these date-range mistakes immediately?

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