Feature availability in Looker reports

You can create a Looker report, connect to data sources to visualize your data, and then save the report in Looker's content management system.

Although Looker reports are similar to Looker Studio reports, some features and resources may not be available or may behave differently.

The following table indicates the features and functionality that are supported in Looker reports. This table lists only those features that are related to creating, viewing, editing, and sharing Looker reports.

Connect to data sources	Notes
Connect to Google Sheets	This data source is pre-set with Owner's Credentials.
Connect to Microsoft Excel
Connect to Looker
Connect to BigQuery	This data source is pre-set with Owner's Credentials.
Connect to Amazon Redshift
Connect to MySQL
Connect to PostgreSQL
Connect to File Upload
Create an embedded data source
Add multiple data sources to a single report
Blend up to five data sources
Embed reports	This feature requires Looker 25.10 or later.
Perform actions within a report	Notes
View the version history of a report
Download a report as a PDF file
Export data from a report chart to a CSV file, a Microsoft Excel file, or Google Sheets
Perform actions on a report	Notes
Save a report to your personal folder, to another user's personal folder, or to the Shared folder
View and open favorite reports from the Looker instance Home page, Favorites page, or Recently Viewed page
Add or remove a report from the list of favorites
Search for a report by report name	This feature requires Looker 25.4 or later.
View a deleted report in the Trash	This feature requires Looker 25.4 or later.
Restore a deleted report from the Trash	This feature requires Looker 25.4 or later.
Perform actions on a folder that contains a report	Notes
Copy, move, or delete a report from a folder
Add or remove users and groups from a shared folder that contains a report
Perform admin tasks that are related to reports	Notes
Manage the connectors that are allowed on a report	This feature requires Looker 25.4 or later.
Monitor user actions in reports alongside actions in Looker with System Activity	This feature requires Looker 25.4 or later.
View report activity in a Looker instance's System Activity	This feature requires Looker 25.4 or later.
Localization of certain user-interface (UI) text into supported languages	This feature requires Looker 25.4 or later. It not available for the fr_FR locale.
Set the default locale for a Looker instance	This feature requires Looker 25.4 or later.
Set the default number format for a Looker instance	This feature requires Looker 25.4 or later.
Specify the locale for a user or a group	This feature requires Looker 25.4 or later.