Gemini in Looker

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Gemini in Looker is a product in the Gemini for Google Cloud portfolio that provides generative AI-powered assistance to help you work with your data. When Gemini in Looker is enabled, Looker users can interact with the features in the following table in their Looker (Google Cloud core) instance. Looker Studio Pro users can interact with the features in the following table in Looker Studio and Google Slides.

Note: Looker users whose admins have accepted complimentary Looker Studio Pro licenses can access the Gemini in Looker features that appear in Looker Studio when Gemini in Looker is enabled for their Looker Studio Pro subscription.

Type of assistance	Where to access Gemini in Looker features	How to enable Gemini in Looker
Generate custom Looker visualizations.	Looker (Google Cloud core): Visualization chart configuration	Administer Gemini on your Looker (Google Cloud core) instance
Generate LookML modeling parameters.	Looker (Google Cloud core): Instance IDE
Ask questions about your data.	Looker Studio: Left navigation	Enable and disable Gemini in Looker for Looker Studio
Export your Looker Studio report visualizations to Google Slides.	Slides: Looker Studio Pro panel Looker Studio: Gemini panel
Create Looker Studio calculated fields.	Looker Studio: Calculated field editor

Note: Gemini in Looker is being made available at no additional cost for a limited time only. At the end of this limited time period, usage of Gemini in Looker may require the purchase of additional or different features.

For more information about Gemini in Looker features, see Gemini in Looker overview.

AI assistance with Gemini in Looker

Gemini in Looker provides AI assistance to help you in the following ways:

• Generate custom Looker visualizations. Gemini in Looker lets you customize formatting options for Looker visualizations using natural language. Gemini generates JSON formatting options from a text-based prompt, 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.
• Ask questions of your data with Conversational Analytics. Gemini in Looker lets you ask questions about your data source using natural language. Gemini returns Looker Studio charts or data tables based on your query. You can learn more about how your response was generated, as well as save your conversation for future reference.
• Create calculated fields 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 using fields from your data source and 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, then generates a textual summary of each image and inserts the summary as a text element. You can generate a new Slides presentation using all visualizations in a Looker Studio report or selected visualizations only, or 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.

Learn how and when Gemini for Google Cloud uses your data. As an early-stage technology, Gemini for Google Cloud products can generate output that seems plausible but is factually incorrect. We recommend that you validate all output from Gemini for Google Cloud products before you use it. For more information, see Gemini for Google Cloud and responsible AI.

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 described in the following sections.

To learn more about enabling Gemini in Looker, see Administer Gemini on your Looker (Google Cloud core) instance or Enable and disable Gemini in Looker for Looker Studio for Looker (Google Cloud core) or Looker Studio, respectively.

Looker (Google Cloud core): 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 visualization Edit menu.
3. To open the prompt menu, click Visualization Assistant.

For more information, see Create visualizations with Gemini assistance.

Looker (Google Cloud core): 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. From the side panel selector, select the Help Me Code icon.

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.

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

1. Select the Sandbox project in the left navigation.
2. Click Create.
3. Select Conversation.

For more information, see Query your data in natural language with Gemini assistance.

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. In a Slides presentation, 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.

Enable Gemini in Looker

For detailed enablement steps for the Gemini in Looker features that appear in Looker Studio, see Enable Gemini in Looker for Looker Studio.

For detailed enablement steps for the Gemini in Looker features that appear in Looker (Google Cloud core), see Administer Gemini features on your Looker (Google Cloud core) instance.

What's next

• Learn how Gemini for Google Cloud uses your data.
• Learn more about Google Cloud compliance.