Gemini in Looker overview

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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Available features in Looker

When Gemini in Looker is enabled, Looker users can perform the following tasks in a Looker (Google Cloud core) instance or a Looker (original) instance:

  • Ask questions about and converse with your data using 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 that are based on your query. You can learn more about how your response was generated and save your conversation for future reference.
  • 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.

To access these features in a Looker (original) instance, a Looker admin must enable Gemini in Looker in the Looker (original) instance settings. The instance must be on Looker 25.2 or later and be Looker hosted. Conversational Analytics is available on Looker instances on 25.0 or later.

To access these features in a Looker (Google Cloud core) instance, a user with the Looker Admin (roles/looker.admin) IAM role must enable Gemini in Looker in the Looker (Google Cloud core) instance settings in the Google Cloud console.

To use any of the aforementioned Gemini in Looker features in a Looker instance, users must be granted the Gemini role.

Available features in Looker Studio

When Gemini in Looker is enabled for Looker Studio, Looker Studio users can perform the following tasks in Looker Studio:

  • Ask questions about and converse with your data using 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 that are based on your query. You can learn more about how your response was generated and save your conversation for future reference.
  • Build a custom data agent for Conversational Analytics. Gemini in Looker lets you build a custom data agent for Conversational Analytics. You can provide instructions that are specific to your data to help the agent produce accurate and relevant responses. You can also share the agent with other users to use in their Conversational Analytics conversations.
  • 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.

To access these features, a user with the appropriate IAM or Google Workspace role must enable Gemini in Looker in Looker Studio.

Use Gemini in Looker with both Looker Studio and Looker

Looker users can also interact with the Gemini in Looker features that appear in Looker Studio as part of a Looker Studio Pro subscription.

Use Gemini in Looker as part of a Looker Studio Pro subscription

If your Looker admin has accepted the complimentary Looker Studio Pro licenses for your Looker (Google Cloud core) instance or Looker (original) instance, as a Looker user, you can access the Gemini in Looker features that appear in Looker Studio when Gemini in Looker is enabled for your Looker Studio Pro subscription.

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 that are described in the following sections.

Looker: Main navigation menu

To access Conversational Analytics, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the main navigation menu.
  2. Select chat_spark Conversations.

Looker: Create menu

To access Conversational Analytics, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the Looker instance homepage.
  2. Select the Create menu.
  3. Select chat_spark Conversation.

Looker: Explore

To access Conversational Analytics, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the Looker Explore that contains the data you would like to chat with.
  2. Select Start a conversation.

Looker: 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:

  1. View a supported visualization in an Explore, or edit a visualization in a Look or dashboard.
  2. Open the Edit menu in the visualization.
  3. Click Visualization Assistant to open the prompt menu.

For more information, see Create visualizations with Gemini assistance.

Looker: IDE

To use Gemini to create LookML in your Looker project, follow these steps:

  1. On your Looker instance, enable Development Mode.
  2. Open your project in the Looker IDE.
  3. Use the IDE file browser to open a LookML view file in which you want to insert LookML.
  4. 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.

To create a custom data agent, select Conversational Analytics from the left navigation in Looker Studio, and then select Manage agents.

If you want to query data within your personal sandbox, follow these steps:

  1. From the left navigation, select the Sandbox project.
  2. Click Create.
  3. Select Conversation.

For more information about querying your data in natural language, see Conversational Analytics: Query your data in natural language with Gemini assistance. For more information about creating and managing a custom data agent, see Conversational Analytics: Data Agents.

Looker Studio: Calculated field editor

To use Gemini assistance to write formulas for calculated fields, follow these steps from a Looker Studio report:

  1. Edit the data source.
  2. Click Add a field.
  3. Select Add calculated field.
  4. Click the Help me write icon.

For more information, see Create calculated fields with Gemini assistance.

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:

  1. Open a Looker Studio report in either view or edit mode.
  2. Select the Gemini panel in the panel manager.
  3. Select Generate Slides.

For more information, see Adding Looker Studio content to your Slides presentation with Gemini assistance.

Slides: Looker Studio Pro panel

To use Gemini assistance to add Looker Studio content to an existing Slides presentation, follow these steps:

  1. Open a Slides presentation.
  2. 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.

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