Feature Viewer data refresh Report editors can now allow report viewers to manually refresh report data. When editors enable the new Viewer data refresh option in report settings, viewers can refresh data for a component by right clicking the component, or refresh data for a report by selecting the option in the three-dot menu.
Feature Pro feature: Security and compliance enhancements The following features are now available to help you meet your organization's security and compliance needs. These features are only available for Data Studio Pro. Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK): Use your own cryptographic keys to protect Data Studio Pro assets. Customer-managed storage: Store your file uploads in your own Cloud St…
Feature Regionalization in CA in Data Studio Conversational Analytics in Data Studio now supports multi-region BigQuery data agents. Learn more about Conversational Analytics in Data Studio.
Feature Partner connection launch update The following partner connectors have been added to the Looker Studio Connector Gallery: Openindex Site By Openindex. Sources: Openindex Sitesearch Ahrefs Brand Radar By Ahrefs. Sources: Ahrefs Microsoft Ads By Data Conductor. Sources: Bing Ads Reddit Ads By Data Conductor. Sources: Reddit Ads App Store Connect Reviews By EMLLC. Sources: Apple Itunes mailXp…
Deprecated Ads Location Extension fields deprecation The following location extension fields in the Google Ads and New Search Ads 360 connectors are deprecated and will stop serving data on May 4, 2026: Affiliate location address line 1 Affiliate location address line 2 Affiliate location business name Affiliate location city Affiliate location country code Affiliate location phone number Affiliat…
Feature Data Studio rebrand and updated home page We've rebranded Looker Studio as Data Studio. We've also updated the home page to give you a single place to access your Data Studio reports and data sources, BigQuery conversational agents, and data apps built in Colab notebooks. For more information, see our blog. Feature Gemini in Looker is now Gemini in Data Studio. Learn more about Gemini in D…
Feature Partner connection launch update The following partner connectors have been added to the Looker Studio Connector Gallery: LinkedIn Ads - Free by Data Bloo. Sources: Linkedin Ads Bing Webmaster Tools - Free by Data Bloo. Sources: Bing Webmaster Surfer AI Visibility by Surfer SEO. Sources: Surfer SEO Airtable by Windsor.ai. Sources: Airtable Apsis One by Windsor.ai. Sources: Apsis Writesonic…
Feature Partner connection launch update The following partner connectors have been added to the Looker Studio Connector Gallery: SE Ranking: Domain Analysis by SE Ranking. Sources: SE Ranking HighLevel by The Data Students. Sources: HighLevel Google Ads Keyword Planner by Supermetrics. Sources: Google Adwords Plausible by Supermetrics. Sources: Plausible Analytics Axon by AppLovin by Supermetrics…
Feature Partner connection launch update The following partner connectors have been added to the Looker Studio Connector Gallery: Peaka by Peaka. Sources: Peaka Google Search Console by Porter Metrics. Sources: Google Search Console Vista Social by Vista Social. Sources: Google Analytics OtterlyAI by Otterly AI. Sources: Otterly Livedune by Livedune. Sources: Livedune
Feature Correction: CSV connector enhancement available to all users Enhancements to the CSV connector user interface are available to all Data Studio users. This feature was previously announced as being available only to Data Studio Pro users.
Feature Additional search parameters When searching for reports or data sources, you can filter search results by the following parameters: Type Owner Location Date Modified Feature Pro feature: Change the billing account You can change the Google Cloud billing account that is associated with a Looker Studio Pro subscription without interrupting access to your Pro assets. Learn how to change the P…
Feature Now displaying Conversational Analytics reasoning After you enter your query, click Show reasoning to see a plain text explanation of the steps that Conversational Analytics took to interpret your query. See Show reasoning for more information. Feature Link to chart in report You can now link to a specific component, like a chart or control, in your report. See Link to a component for more…
Feature Show and hide individual charts and components You can hide individual charts and components for all viewers or for a subset of viewers. See Hide report components for viewers for more information. Feature Cross data source filtering This feature lets you override default field IDs so that controls on a report can filter charts that are based on different data sources. Learn more about usi…
Feature Partner connection launch update The following partner connectors have been added to the Looker Studio Connector Gallery: Walmart Connect (Search) By Supermetrics. Sources: Walmart Ecwid By Supermetrics. Sources: Ecwid Bitrix24 BI By Bitrix24. Sources: Bitrix24 Zen AI - Google Ads By Zen AI. Sources: Google Adwords G2 By Dataslayer. Sources: G2 TikTok Ads By Pro Plugg. Sources: Tiktok Ment…
Feature Pro feature: Share and schedule reports with Slack You can now send Looker Studio reports to Slack channels and Slack users on your Slack workspaces. This feature is now out of preview, and remains available only to Pro users. Feature Expand tables to show all rows When downloading or scheduling a report, you can now configure table visualizations to expand to display up to 2,000 rows. Fea…
Feature Pro feature: Schedule hourly report delivery and alerts Users of Looker Studio Pro can create hourly schedules for report delivery and alerts.
Feature New shapes The Shapes menu has been enhanced and expanded to include new shape types for report editors. See Add text, images, lines, and shapes to your report to learn more. Feature Modernized timeline chart Timeline charts have a new modernized look by default and give you new options for customizing bar corner radius, axes, and grid. Feature Filter control default values now accept para…
Feature Looker connector enhancements The Looker connector now supports query results of up to 75,000 rows. The Looker connector also supports exports of up to 75,000 rows of data. Learn more about the limits of the Looker connector. Feature Conditional formatting for bars in bar charts You can now use conditional formatting on bar charts that use modern charts. Feature Pro feature: Cloud Audit Lo…
Feature Partner connection launch update The following partner connectors have been added to the Looker Studio Connector Gallery: Spotify Ads by Dataslayer. Sources: Spotify Ads Studio Amazon Ads by Dataslayer. Sources: Amazon Ads Zoho by Dataslayer. Sources: Zoho CRM Lazada Commerce by Supermetrics. Sources: Supermetrics Google Sheets by Porter Metrics. Sources: Google Drive OWOX Data Marts by OW…
Feature Pro feature: Share and schedule reports with Slack You can now send Looker Studio reports to Slack channels and Slack users on your Slack workspaces. This feature is only available to Looker Studio Pro users, and is available in Preview. Feature Vertical stacking in responsive reports Responsive reports now support vertical stacking. You can add multiple components to a column within a sec…
Feature Double-click to resize chart margins You can now double-click the chart boundaries of a time, a bar, a line, an area, or a scatter chart to reset the boundaries to their default settings. Feature More data from Google Ads You can visualize the following fields using the the Google Ads connector: Conversions (by conv. date) Conv. value (by conv. date) All conv. (by conv. date) All conv. val…
Feature Looker connector enhancements Looker data sources now display the names of fields without their prepended view names. Fields are now nested under their corresponding views. Learn more about how Looker Explore data appears in Looker Studio. Announcement Partner connection launch update The following partner connectors have been added to the Looker Studio Connector Gallery: Odoo Appointment…
Change Looker Studio Explorer (beta) feature deprecation The Looker Studio Explorer (beta) feature is being deprecated and will no longer be available. NO ACTION is required. Existing explorations that were created with the Explorer will be converted to reports automatically. Learn more about the deprecation timeline and details. Breaking Hyperlinks and images are disabled for data sources that us…
Feature Vertical stacking in responsive reports Responsive reports now support vertical stacking. You can add multiple components to a column within a section.
Feature Sort table charts by up to 10 fields Report creators can now set up to sort 10 fields for table charts, including fields that are not selected in the chart. Learn more about sorting table charts. NOTE: This feature was not released on 8/21, and will instead be included in a later release. Announcement Partner connection launch update The following partner connectors have been added to the…
Feature Background colors for bar and column chart labels You can now set a data-label background color for any bar-label-position option for column and bar charts. Learn more about data labels for bar charts and column charts. Announcement Partner connection launch update The following partner connectors have been added to the Looker Studio Connector Gallery: 快客-Thread 社群洞察 by 黑客數位 Beeswax by Sup…
Feature Looker connector enhancements Looker connector support for selected calculated field functions is now generally available. Feature Conditional formatting in query result chips You can now apply conditional formatting to change the background color and text color of query result chips. Feature Data label improvements for waterfall charts Report creators can now specify the position of data…
Announcement Pro feature: The Code Interpreter is now available in Preview The Code Interpreter in Conversational Analytics is available in Preview for Looker Studio Pro subscriptions. The Code Interpreter translates your natural language questions into Python code and executes that code to provide advanced analysis and visualizations. The Code Interpreter is disabled by default.
Feature New report canvas sizes Two new preset canvas size options are available, letting you control the width and height of your report on the screen. The new options are size A4, available in portrait or landscape orientations. Learn more about report and page layout options. Feature New alt text field for images You can now add alt text to report images to make them accessible to screen reader…
Feature Report abuse Looker Studio report viewers can now report abusive content. Content is automatically reviewed, and content that is reported as abusive is hidden or deleted. Feature Performance improvement for BigQuery data sources Note: This feature has been delayed and is currently not available. (Release note updated on July 21, 2025.) Report viewers may notice improved performance when th…