How to open Hubviz Studio and sign in with Google

Hubviz Studio opens right in the browser, with nothing to install. All you need is a Google account with access to a Hubviz workspace: the one you signed up with, or the one a manager added for you. By the end of this guide you will be inside Hubviz Studio and will know where each button on the top bar is.

Sign in to Hubviz Studio

The Create new account button opens the Hubviz sign-up. If you already have an account, you do not need it. See Create your account.

If you see the notice that you are not a creator

Hubviz Studio is for creators, and signing in to it does not make anyone a creator. If your user has no creator access, Your user is not a creator in this workspace shows up: To use Hubviz Studio, ask the workspace administrator to turn on the Creator (Hubviz Studio) option for your user, in Administration, Users, in Hubviz Web. You can still view dashboards in Hubviz Web. The session is closed, even if the plan has a free seat.

Ask whoever manages the workspace to check the Creator box on your user. If the plan has no creator seat, they free one up or buy more creators. See how in Users and plan limits. Meanwhile, you can view the dashboards in Hubviz Web.

Other sign-in messages are covered in Sign-in problems.

The first screen

After you sign in, you land on the home screen. It brings together:

• a Your first steps in Hubviz Studio block, with the Create New Project, Open guide and View Documentation buttons;
• Continue where you left off, with your recent projects and a shortcut to the full list;
• Build your starting point, with the suggested order: connection, project, cube, chart and dashboard.

The View Documentation button and the Documentation menu item open this documentation. For your first project, follow Your first dashboard.

The top bar

The dark bar at the top shows on every screen. The menus sit in the middle, and the action buttons sit on the right. Some only work with a project open.

Item	What it does
Projects	Opens the project list.
Data Sources	Opens the connections to your data sources. See Connect data.
Send Data Logs	Opens the history of data sends for the open project.
Documentation	Opens this documentation.
Save (floppy disk icon)	Saves the project changes.
Run all cubes (play icon)	Processes all the project cubes in Hubviz Studio, so you can check the numbers before publishing.
Load last sent data (cloud with a down arrow)	Downloads the data from the project’s last publication.
Publish to the Web (up arrow)	Sends the data to the Hubviz cloud and publishes the dashboards. See How to publish to Hubviz Web.
Open web dashboard	Opens the dashboard you are on in Hubviz Web.
Language	Switches the Hubviz Studio language between Portuguese and English.
Change Theme	Switches between the light and dark themes.
Open chat	Opens the project AI assistant.
Update	Checks for a new version.
User Menu	Opens the user menu.

The run, load, publish and open-dashboard icons are dimmed while no project is open. While Hubviz Studio processes or sends data, the icon shows a spinning circle and the others are disabled.

The user menu

Click the person icon at the right end of the bar.

Option	What it does
Notifications	Shows the notifications of your account.
Profile	Edits your profile.
Plan Usage	Shows the plan usage: creators, storage and AI chat credits. See Plan and billing.
Logout	Ends the session in this browser.

What changes in the browser

Projects, cubes, charts and dashboards work the same in the browser and in the installed app. A few things depend on the computer and change:

• Spreadsheets and CSV files: in the browser, the file is uploaded as a copy. When the original spreadsheet changes, upload the file again.
• Automatic refresh: in the browser, a cube only refreshes on its own in the Hubviz cloud. Refreshing on this computer exists only in the installed app.
• Published data: to see the latest published data, such as what the cloud refresh brought in, use Load last sent data in the top bar.

Common problems

What happened	Likely cause	What to do
Nothing happens when you click Login	The browser blocked the new tab	Allow pop-ups for bi.hubviz.com.
The sign-in tab asks you to sign up	The Google account you picked has no account	Sign in with the Google account you signed up with, or ask the manager to add your email.
Your user is not a creator in this workspace shows up	Your user is not a creator	Ask the workspace manager to check the Creator box on your user.
The run and publish buttons are dimmed	No project is open	Open a project in Projects.
You are back on the sign-in screen	The session ended	Click Login again.

Next step

With Hubviz Studio open, follow the tutorial Your first dashboard.