Gemini in Looker is a product in the Gemini for Google Cloud portfolio that provides generative AI-powered assistance to help you analyze and gain valuable insights from your data. Gemini in Looker can provide assistance for tasks in Looker (original) instances, Looker (Google Cloud core) instances, and in Looker Studio. For more information about available features, see the Gemini in Looker overview documentation page.
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Gemini in Looker features are enabled through the Google Cloud console and are available on a per-instance basis. Looker users are granted access to Gemini features within the Looker (Google Cloud core) instance. This page is intended for users who have the Looker Admin role for the Looker (Google Cloud core) instance and the Looker Admin (roles/looker.admin) role for the Google Cloud project in which the instance resides.
Gemini in Looker feature availability
The availability of Gemini in Looker features is summarized in the following table. Depending on the needs of your organization, you can enable the settings that grant users access to the Gemini in Looker features that are available in the appropriate Looker platform.
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Before you begin
To get the permissions that
you need to enable Gemini for a Looker (Google Cloud core) instance,
ask your administrator to grant you the
Looker Admin (roles/looker.admin) IAM role on the project in which the instance resides.
For more information about granting roles, see Manage access to projects, folders, and organizations.
You might also be able to get the required permissions through custom roles or other predefined roles.
To grant users permissions to use Gemini in Looker features, you must be a Looker admin for the Looker (Google Cloud core) instance.
Enabling and disabling Gemini
In the Google Cloud console, follow these steps to enable Gemini:
- On the Instances page, click the name of the instance for which you want to enable Gemini.
- Click Edit.
- Expand the Gemini in Looker (Google Cloud core) section.
- Select Gemini. When this setting is enabled, users can access the Gemini in Looker features that are available as described in the Gemini in Looker feature availability table.
- Select Trusted Tester features. When this setting is enabled, users can access the Trusted Tester capabilities of Gemini in Looker. This setting must be enabled in order for users to access Gemini during the pre-GA preview.
- Optionally, select Trusted Tester data use. When this setting is enabled, you consent to your data being used by Google as described in the Gemini for Google Cloud Trusted Tester Program terms.
To disable Gemini for a Looker (Google Cloud core) instance, clear the Gemini setting.
Grant the Gemini in Looker permission to users
To grant Looker users the ability to use Gemini in Looker features in the Looker (Google Cloud core) instance, you must assign them a role that applies the gemini_in_looker permission to the appropriate models. Additional Looker permissions may be needed to perform the tasks that Gemini assists with. For more information about these additional permissions, see the Admin settings - Roles documentation page. For more information about adding users to a Looker (Google Cloud core) instance so that you can update the users' settings, see the Manage users within Looker (Google Cloud core) documentation page.
The gemini_in_looker permission is the only permission that is included in the Gemini default role, which by default applies to all models on the instance. To restrict this permission to specific models, create a new role with those models, and assign it to the appropriate users. Make sure to remove those users from the Gemini Default Users group.
To update an individual user's settings to assign the default Gemini role, follow these steps:
- Navigate to the Users page in the Users section of the Admin panel.
- Select the user or group whose permissions you want to change.
- From the Roles drop-down menu, select Gemini.
- Select Save to retain these settings.
You can also assign the Gemini role to multiple users or groups from the Roles page in the Users section of the Admin panel by following these steps:
- Navigate to the Roles page in the Users section of the Admin panel.
- Next to the Gemini role, select Edit.
- Under Groups or Users, select the groups or users that you want to assign the Gemini role to.
- Click Update Role to retain these settings.
The default Gemini role automatically applies the gemini_in_looker permission to all models across the Looker instance. To restrict users to accessing Gemini in Looker features with specific models, remove those users from the Gemini role and create a new role that applies the gemini_in_looker permission on selected models.
Additional permissions
The following Gemini in Looker features require additional permissions:
- To create custom visualizations with Gemini assistance, you must be assigned a Looker role that contains the
can_override_vis_configpermission. - To write LookML with Gemini assistance, you must be assigned a Looker role that contains the
developpermission for at least one model in a LookML project. - To query data or create a data agent with Conversational Analytics, you must be assigned a Looker role that contains the
access_datapermission for the model that you are querying.
Provide feedback
You can provide feedback about each Gemini in Looker feature. Instructions for how to submit feedback are included in the documentation for each feature.