Managing report connectors

Looker admins can manage which connectors can be used to create data sources for Looker reports. Connectors are the mechanism by which Looker reports access a specific data platform, system, or product. With a connector, users can create a data source that represents an individual connection to a report's underlying data. When a Looker report connector is enabled on a Looker instance, users can create data sources to add data from the underlying dataset into their Looker reports.

Looker admins can enable connectors wholly or individually, controlling which Looker Studio-based connectors are available for Looker users to use to create a data source for a Studio in Looker report. Google-authored connectors are enabled by default.

To see which connectors are supported for your Looker instance's authentication type, see the Feature availability in Studio in Looker documentation. To see all Google-authored connectors that are available in Looker Studio, see the Available connectors Looker Studio documentation.

Before you begin

Before you can manage Looker Studio connectors for your Looker instance's Studio in Looker environment, the Looker instance must meet all requirements for Studio in Looker, and a Looker admin must enable Studio in Looker.

Only users with the Looker Admin role can enable or disable Studio in Looker connectors.

Enabling Studio in Looker connectors

To enable one or more Studio in Looker connectors, follow these steps:

  1. In the Reports (Studio in Looker) section of your Looker instance's Admin panel, navigate to the Report connectors page: Admin > Reports (Studio in Looker) > Report connectors.
  2. To enable all of the connectors that are available for use in Studio in Looker, turn on Select all. Alternatively, to enable individual connectors, turn on each connector's corresponding toggle.

Disabling Studio in Looker connectors

To disable one or more Studio in Looker connectors, follow these steps:

  1. In the Reports (Studio in Looker) section of your Looker instance's Admin panel, navigate to the Report connectors page: Admin > Reports (Studio in Looker) > Report connectors.
  2. To disable all of the connectors that are available for use in Studio in Looker, turn off Select all. Alternatively, to disable individual connectors, turn off each connector's corresponding toggle.

Effects of disabling Studio in Looker connectors

If a Looker admin disables a connector, the following changes take effect:

  • Users can no longer create Looker reports in the Studio in Looker environment using that connector
  • Any existing reports that were built with that connector are still accessible from the Looker instance, but report editors can no longer edit the data source
  • Any existing reports that were built with the disabled connector can no longer be copied

Looker admins can still remove a data source from an existing report built with a disabled connector.

Effects of disabling Studio in Looker

If a Looker admin disables Studio in Looker for a Looker instance, all Looker Studio connectors are disabled automatically. These connectors are still available in Looker Studio.

Re-enabling Studio in Looker restores the default connector settings.