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. When Gemini in Looker is enabled, Looker users can interact with the features in the following table in their Looker (Google Cloud core) instance. Looker Studio Pro users can interact with the features in the following table in Looker Studio and Google Slides.
| Task | Where to access Gemini in Looker | How to enable Gemini in Looker |
|---|---|---|
| Generate custom Looker visualizations. | Looker (Google Cloud core): Visualization chart configuration | Administer Gemini on your Looker (Google Cloud core) instance |
| Generate LookML modeling parameters. | Looker (Google Cloud core): Instance IDE | |
| Ask questions about your data. | Looker Studio: Left navigation | Enable and disable Gemini in Looker for Looker Studio |
| Export your Looker Studio report visualizations to Google Slides. |
|
|
| Create Looker Studio calculated fields. | Looker Studio: Calculated field editor |
AI assistance with Gemini in Looker
Gemini in Looker provides AI assistance to help you in the following ways:
- Generate custom Looker visualizations. Gemini in Looker lets you customize formatting options for Looker visualizations by using natural language. Gemini generates JSON formatting options from text-based prompts, which you can apply to your visualization. You can also use prompts as a starting point for creating templates and patterns for more complex customizations and then manually update the visualization's formatting options.
- Generate LookML. Gemini in Looker assists you in generating LookML parameters. Gemini suggests LookML parameters based on a natural language prompt, which you can add to your project files.
- Ask questions of your data with Conversational Analytics. Gemini in Looker lets you ask questions about your data source by using natural language. Gemini returns Looker Studio charts or data tables based on your query. You can learn more about how your response was generated and save your conversation for future reference.
- Create calculated fields by using natural language. Gemini in Looker lets you create calculated fields in Looker Studio by prompting you to describe the kinds of fields that you'd like to create. Based on your input, Gemini suggests a formula for a calculated field by using fields from your data source along with Looker Studio functions and operators.
- Add Looker Studio content to your Slides presentation. Gemini in Looker lets you import components from your Looker Studio Pro reports into your Slides presentations. Gemini inserts report charts as images, generates a textual summary of each image, and inserts the summary as a text element. You can generate a new Slides presentation by using all or selected visualizations in a Looker Studio report, or you can add or update Looker Studio content to an existing Slides presentation. You can also update the Looker Studio data that has been imported in a Slides presentation.
Learn how and when Gemini for Google Cloud uses your data. As an early-stage technology, Gemini for Google Cloud products can generate output that seems plausible but is factually incorrect. We recommend that you validate all output from Gemini for Google Cloud products before you use it. For more information, see Gemini for Google Cloud and responsible AI.
Where to interact with Gemini in Looker
After you enable Gemini in Looker for the assistants that appear in your Looker product, you can seek Gemini assistance in the places described in the following sections.
To learn more about enabling Gemini in Looker, see Administer Gemini on your Looker (Google Cloud core) instance or Enable and disable Looker in Looker for Looker Studio for Looker (Google Cloud core) or Looker Studio, respectively.
Looker (Google Cloud core): Visualization chart configuration
The Visualization Assistant is available for visualizations that use the HighCharts API, which includes most Cartesian charts, such as the column chart, bar chart, and line chart.
To access the Visualization Assistant, follow these steps:
- View a supported visualization in an Explore, or edit a visualization in a Look or dashboard.
- Open the Edit menu in the visualization.
- Click Visualization Assistant to open the prompt menu.
For more information, see Create visualizations with Gemini assistance.
Looker (Google Cloud core): IDE
To use Gemini to create LookML in your Looker project, follow these steps:
- On your Looker instance, enable Development Mode.
- Open your project in the Looker IDE.
- Use the IDE file browser to open a LookML view file in which you want to insert LookML.
- Select the Help Me Code icon from the side panel selector.
For more information, see Write LookML with Gemini assistance.
Looker Studio: Left navigation
To use Gemini assistance to query your data in natural language, select Conversational Analytics from the left navigation in Looker Studio.
If you want to query data within your personal sandbox, follow these steps:
- From the left navigation, select the Sandbox project.
- Click Create.
- Select Conversation.
For more information, see Query your data in natural language with Gemini assistance.
Looker Studio: Calculated field editor
To use Gemini assistance to write formulas for calculated fields, follow these steps from a Looker Studio report:
- Edit the data source.
- Click Add a field.
- Select Add calculated field.
- Click the Help me write icon.
For more information, see Create calculated fields with Gemini assistance in the Looker Studio Help Center.
Looker Studio: Gemini panel
To use Gemini assistance to create a Slides presentation that includes all or selected visualizations in a Looker Studio report, follow these steps:
- Open a Looker Studio report in either view or edit mode.
- Select the Gemini panel in the panel manager.
- Select Generate Slides.
For more information, see Adding Looker Studio content to your Slides presentation with Gemini assistance in the Looker Studio Help Center.
Slides: Looker Studio Pro panel
To use Gemini assistance to add Looker Studio content to an existing Slides presentation, follow these steps:
- Open a Slides presentation.
- Click the Looker Studio icon on the right-hand toolbar to open the Looker Studio Pro panel.
For more information, see Adding Looker Studio content to your Slides presentation with Gemini assistance in the Looker Studio Help Center.