In addition to the requirements that a Looker instance must fulfill to enable the Studio in Looker feature, certain tasks that are related to the setup and use of Studio in Looker require specific Looker permissions. Additional permissions are required to view and use data from Looker data sources. Permissions are granted in the Looker instance by a Looker admin.
Read the following sections on this page to learn about Studio in Looker permissions:
Things to know about Studio in Looker permissions
There are several things to know about how Looker permissions are applied to users in the Studio in Looker environment:
Users must have access to underlying LookML models to view or use data from Looker data sources in Studio in Looker reports.
User access to folders is controlled by access levels and user permissions. To change the access level settings for a folder, see Viewing and managing folder access levels.
See Controlling user content access and How content access and permissions interact to understand the additive nature of permissions and content access.
Studio in Looker permissions
Looker admins can assign roles, permissions, and model sets to users and groups on the Roles page in the Admin panel.
In addition to default permission sets in Looker, you can create Studio in Looker permission sets and model sets to assign to Studio in Looker users and groups.
See the following table for an overview of Looker permissions that control how users can interact with Studio in Looker features as well as how users can interact with permissions for Looker data sources in Looker Studio:
| Looker permission | Depends on | Type | Studio in Looker task |
|---|---|---|---|
explore |
access_data, see_looks |
Model specific for Looker data sources | Users can view Looker Explore data, and create reports from an Explore. |
see_user_dashboards |
access_data, see_looks |
Model specific for Looker data sources | Users can view reports in folders. |
save_dashboards |
access_data, see_looks, save_content |
Instance wide | Users can save and edit reports. |
download_with_limit |
access_data, see_looks |
Model specific for Looker data sources | Users can download reports, but must specify a limit of 5,000 rows or fewer. |
download_without_limit |
access_data, see_looks |
Model specific for Looker data sources | Users can download reports without specifying a limit, up to a maximum of 5,000 rows. |