Feature availability in Studio in Looker

Studio in Looker incorporates the Looker Studio report creation and viewing experience directly into your Looker instance. From Looker, you can create a Looker Studio Pro report, add embedded data sources to visualize your data, and then save the report in Looker's content management system.

During Preview, some Looker Studio features and resources may not be available or may behave differently from how they behave in Looker Studio.

To help you understand the key differences between Studio in Looker and Looker Studio, this page lists the availability of features or resources for both products and describes any behavioral differences between Looker Studio and Studio in Looker. For a comprehensive list of Looker instance requirements to enable and use Studio in Looker, see Enabling and disabling Studio in Looker.

Availability of Looker Studio features in Studio in Looker

The following table indicates the availability of Looker Studio features and Looker functionality in Studio in Looker during Preview. This table lists only those features that are part of Looker Studio's report viewing, editing, and sharing experience and is based on the type of authentication that your Looker instance uses. You can still access any Looker Studio Pro resources that are unavailable in Studio in Looker directly within Looker Studio.

Feature or capability Google OAuth All other authentication methods

Connect to and use data sources

These actions are typically performed in Looker Studio.

Connect to Google Sheets Available Not available
Connect to Microsoft Excel Available Available
Connect to Looker Available Available
Connect to BigQuery Available Not available
Connect to BigQuery with a Service account Available Not available
Connect to Google Analytics Available Not available
Connect to Google Ads Available Not available
Connect to AppSheet Available Not available
Connect to Amazon Redshift Available Not available
Connect to Apigee Integration Available Not available
Connect to Campaign Manager 360 Available Not available
Connect to Google CloudSpanner Available Not available
Connect to Cloud SQL for MySQL Available Not available
Connect to Display & Video 360 Available Not available
Connect to Google Ad Manager 360 Available Not available
Connect to Google Cloud Storage Available Not available
Connect to Microsoft SQL Server Available Not available
Connect to MySQL Available Not available
Connect to New Search Ads 360 Available Not available
Connect to PostgreSQL Available Not available
Connect to Search Console Available Not available
Connect to YouTube Analytics Available Not available
Connect to Tables by Area 120 Available Not available
Connect to Extract Data Available Not available
Connect to File Upload to upload a CSV file Available Not available
Connect to Community Connectors Available Not available
Create a reusable data source Not available Not available
Create an embedded data source Available Available
Add multiple data sources to a single report Available Available
Blend up to five data sources Available Available
Use community visualizations Not available Not available
Upload a CSV file Available Not available
Extract data Available Not available

Perform actions within a report

These actions are typically performed in Looker Studio.

Share a report Not available Not available
Delete a report Available Available
View the version history of a report Available Available
Get a link to a report Not available Not available
Embed a report Not available Not available
Embed external content in a report Not available Not available
Add a data control to a report Not available Not available
Download a report as a PDF file Not available Not available
Export data from a report chart to a CSV file, a Microsoft Excel file, or Google Sheets Not available Not available
Create and manage an alert on a single chart Not available Not available
Create and manage a scheduled delivery of a report as a PDF, a CSV, or a PNG file Not available Not available
Use Gemini in Looker features Not available Not available
Implement and manage report URL parameters Not available Not available
Create a thumbnail image of a report Not available Not available

Perform actions on a report

These actions are typically performed in Looker and use Looker's content management capabilities.

Save a report to your personal folder, to another user's personal folder, or to the Shared folder Available Available
View and open favorite reports from the Looker instance Home page, Favorites page, or Recently Viewed page Available Available
Add or remove a report from the list of favorites Available Available
Add or remove a report to or from a board Not available Not available
Search for a report by report name Not available Not available
View a deleted report in the Trash Not available Not available
Restore a deleted report from the Trash Not available Not available

Perform actions on a folder that contains a report

These actions are typically performed in Looker and use Looker's content management capabilities.

Copy, move, or delete a report from a folder Available Available
Add or remove users and groups from a shared folder that contains a report Available Available

Perform admin tasks

These actions are typically performed in or from Looker Studio.

Manage tasks through the Enterprise admin panel Not available Not available
Manage the connectors that are allowed on a report Not available Not available
Manage permissions to create, view, schedule, and download reports Not available Not available

Perform admin tasks

These actions are typically performed in Looker.

View active alerts on all reports Not available Not available
View alert history for all reports Not available Not available
Monitor user actions in reports alongside actions in Looker with System Activit Not available Not available
View report activity in a Looker instance's System Activity Not available Not available
View reports in Looker on mobile Not available Not available
Manage and search for a report using Looker APIs Not available Not available

Looker Studio Pro features that behave differently in Studio in Looker

The following table describes how features that are available in both Studio in Looker and standalone Looker Studio Pro behave differently from one another, specifically during Preview.

Looker Studio Pro behavior Studio in Looker behavior
Connectors and data sources
You can use all available connectors to create data sources. The Looker connector is supported.
Data sources can be embedded or reusable. Only embedded data sources are supported.
You can view and manage reusable data sources in the Data sources tab on the Looker Studio home page and in the Resource > Manage added data sources panel in the report editor. No option to manage reusable data sources is available.
These data source credentials are supported:
  • Owner's credentials
  • Viewer's credentials
  • Service Account
Only Viewer's credentials are supported.
Report creation
The Create button lets you create reports, data sources, explorations, and team workspaces. The Create button lets you create Looker Studio Pro reports only. The remaining options apply to Looker assets, such as dashboards or database connections.
New reports are automatically saved and can be viewed or shared immediately.

You must click Save and share to make your new report permanent.

You need to save the report only once; afterwards, the report is saved automatically.

Once you've saved the report, Reset, View, and More options become available.

There is no automatic logout option. You can configure Looker instances to log you out after a period of inactivity. If you are logged out automatically before you save a new report, you may lose your changes. We recommend that you save your report shortly after you create it.
Sharing and content management
You can share individual reports with specific users and Google Groups. You can also manage access by moving reports into team workspaces and folders. Sharing and content management is handled by storing reports in Looker folders, in the same way as for other Looker content types. There is no direct sharing of reports to individual email aliases or groups.
Content lives in either your Owned by me or Sandbox locations, or in a team workspace. Content lives in Looker folders. There is no connection between Studio in Looker and Looker Studio. You cannot access a report that was created in Studio in Looker when using Looker Studio, and you cannot access other Looker Studio Pro reports in Looker when using Studio in Looker.
The Location field in the reports list shows where your content lives. The Location field doesn't appear in the reports list.
Removing a report places it into the Looker Studio Trash. You can delete the report permanently by viewing the report in the Trash, clicking Options, and then selecting Delete forever. Removing a report places it into the Trash folder of the Looker instance. You cannot restore or view the deleted report.