[[["易于理解","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["解决了我的问题","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["其他","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["很难理解","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["信息或示例代码不正确","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["没有我需要的信息/示例","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["翻译问题","translationIssue","thumb-down"],["其他","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["最后更新时间 (UTC):2025-09-04。"],[],[],null,["# Quick start guide\n\nThis page explains six key steps that can help you to quickly get started using Looker Studio.\n| **Note:** Looker Studio is a flexible tool: There are often multiple ways to achieve the same results. The workflow described here is just a basic example that shows data from different sources. Your results may look different from what's shown here.\n\nStart with a report\n-------------------\n\n[Reports](/looker/docs/studio/report) let you visualize your data, gain insights, and share those insights with others.\n\nWhen you sign in to [Looker Studio](https://lookerstudio.google.com), the home page appears with the **Reports** tab selected. All the [reports](/looker/docs/studio/report) that you have access to appear in the middle of the screen. The plus buttons let you create a new blank report, or you can start with one of the pre-built report templates along the top.\n\n### View a report\n\nTo view a report that's been shared with you, click the report name in the list in the middle of the screen.\n\n### Edit a report\n\nTo edit a report, follow these steps:\n\n1. View a report.\n2. In the upper right corner, click **Edit**.\n\nIf you don't see an **Edit** button, then the report has been shared with only **Can view** access. If the owner of the report has allowed it, you can [make a copy](/looker/docs/studio/copy-a-report), which you can then edit.\n\n### Create a report\n\nTo create a report, follow these steps:\n\n1. In the top left, click **Create**.\n2. Select **Report**.\n\nThe report editor opens with the **Add data to report** panel open.\n\nAdd data to the report\n----------------------\n\n[Data sources](/looker/docs/studio/data-source) connect to your data and let you configure the [fields](/looker/docs/studio/field) that you can use in your report.\n\nWhen you create a new report, the **Add data to report** panel opens. This panel lets you create a new data source or add an existing data source.\n\n### Create a new data source\n\nFor example, you might want to connect to a BigQuery public dataset (to complete this step, you'll need a [Google Cloud project](/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-projects) that is associated with a valid [Google Cloud billing account](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs)).\n\nTo create a new BigQuery data source, follow these steps:\n\n1. In the **Add data to report** panel, click **Connect to data**.\n2. Select the BigQuery [connector](/looker/docs/studio/connector).\n3. If prompted, click **Authorize** to allow Looker Studio to access your data on your behalf.\n4. Select **Public datasets**.\n5. Select your **Billing project**.\n6. Select the **faa** public dataset.\n7. Select the **us_airports** table.\n8. In the lower right corner of the screen, click **Add**, and then confirm that you want to add the new data source to your report.\n9. The report editor appears, and a table with fields from your data source is placed on the canvas.\n10. To customize the table's data and style, on the right side of the screen, use the [properties panel](/looker/docs/studio/properties-panel).\n11. To rename your report, in the top left corner of the screen, click **Untitled report** and enter a new name.\n\n### Connect to an existing data source\n\nFor example, you might want to connect to the sample Google Analytics data source that comes with Looker Studio.\n\nTo connect to an existing Google Analytics dataset, follow these steps:\n\n1. In the **Add data to report** panel, click **My data sources**.\n2. Select the **Sample Google Analytics Data** data source.\n3. In the lower right corner of the screen, click **Add**, and then confirm that you want to add the new data source to your report.\n4. The report editor appears, and a table with fields from your data source is placed on the canvas.\n5. To customize the table's data and style, on the right side of the screen, use the [properties panel](/looker/docs/studio/properties-panel).\n6. To rename your report, in the top left corner of the screen, click **Untitled report** and enter a new name.\n\nAdd charts and controls to the report\n-------------------------------------\n\nTo add [components](/looker/docs/studio/component) to a report canvas, follow these steps:\n\n1. In the toolbar at the top of the editor, click **Add a chart**, and then select a chart from the list.\n2. Click the canvas where you want the chart to appear.\n3. Move and resize the chart, as desired.\n4. Add or change the dimensions and metrics by clicking the fields in the properties panel or by dragging and dropping them from the data panel (to the right of the chart panel) directly onto the chart.\n5. You can also create new charts by dragging a field from the data panel onto the canvas.\n\nView your report\n----------------\n\nSee your report the way it looks to other viewers.\n\nView mode lets users see the data and use any interactive controls that you've placed on the report without being able to change the structure of the report. If you can edit a report, you can switch between view mode and edit mode.\n\nTo enter view mode from edit mode, click **View**.\n\nTo return to edit mode from view mode, click **Edit**.\n\nShare the report\n----------------\n\nShare reports with other viewers. Collaborate with other editors.\n| **Note:** Editors need to sign in to Google to edit a report; however, viewers don't need to be signed in to view a report.\n\nTo share a report with users, follow these steps:\n\n1. In the upper right, click **Share**.\n2. Specify the people or groups with whom you want to share your report.\n3. Use the advanced options to change how individual addresses can access the report.\n\n| **Important:** Sharing a report doesn't share its data source. [Data source credentials](/looker/docs/studio/data-credentials) determine if a viewer can see the data in your report. If you a share report with others *and* give them edit access, they can use the fields from that data source in charts, even if the data source itself has not been shared with them.\n\nShare the data source\n---------------------\n\nLet other people create their own reports that are based on your data source.\n| **Note:** If you only want other people to view or edit your reports, you don't need to share the data source.\n\nTo share a data source, you must access it directly from the **Data Sources** page (not through the report). You must be signed into a Google Account to view or edit a data source.\n\nTo share a data source, follow these steps:\n\n1. In the upper left of your report, return to the Looker Studio home page by clicking the Looker Studio logo.\n2. On the left, click **Data Sources**.\n3. Locate the data source that you want to share.\n4. On the right, click **More options**.\n5. Click **Share**.\n6. Specify the people or groups with whom you want to share your data source.\n7. Use the advanced options to change how individual addressees can access the data source.\n\n| **Caution:** Use caution when sharing a data source with edit access. While sharing does not grant access to the underlying data, modifying a data source could cause it to be incompatible with existing charts that use that data source. Sharing a data source with view access lets people create reports without being able to change its structure.\n\nKey concepts\n------------\n\nHere's a recap of the terms and concepts that are used on this page and throughout the Looker Studio documentation."]]