Gemini in Looker overview for Looker Studio

Gemini in Looker represents a series of features in the Gemini for Google Cloud portfolio that provides generative AI-powered assistance to help you analyze and gain valuable insights from your data.

Learn how and when Gemini for Google Cloud uses your data.

Available features in Looker Studio

When Gemini in Looker is enabled for a Looker Studio Pro subscription, users under that subscription 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.
  • 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.

Some Gemini in Looker capabilities require access to your data through a Looker database connection or connected data sources in Looker Studio. Looker Studio Pro licenses are available at no cost to Looker users on instances that meet offer requirements.

Toggle features in Looker Studio

A user with the appropriate IAM or Google Workspace role must enable Gemini in Looker in Looker Studio. A user with such a IAM or Google Workspace role can use the same instructions to subsequently disable features.

Grant permissions to use Gemini in Looker features in Looker Studio

To use Gemini in Looker features in Looker Studio, users must be granted the following roles or privileges:

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.

If you are also a Looker user and your Looker admin has accepted the complimentary Looker Studio Pro licenses for your Looker (Google Cloud core) instance or Looker (original) instance, 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 features

After Gemini in Looker is enabled, you can seek Gemini assistance in the parts of Looker Studio that are described in the following sections.

Main navigation

To use Gemini assistance to query your data in natural language, select Conversational Analytics from the main 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. For more information about creating and managing a custom data agent, see Create and manage data agents.

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.

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.