Looker Studio News & Updates for May 2025

Google Adds New Grid Line Customization Options to Looker Studio Cartesian Charts

15 days ago

Google has introduced enhanced grid line customization for cartesian charts in Looker Studio, allowing users to set specific colors and line styles for individual axis grid lines. This update improves clarity in multi-axis charts and is available for reports with modern charts enabled. This feature enhances visualization flexibility, giving data analysts more control over their visualizations and supporting clearer communication of information.

Looker Studio Announces Modern Charts General Availability and Query Results Variables

1 months ago

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Google's data visualization platform has introduced two updates: Modern Charts and Query Results Variables. Modern charts are now the default for new reports, offering new styling options, refreshed themes, and enhanced configurations. Existing reports will need an upgrade to access these features. Query result variables allow users to insert dynamic data into text elements, ensuring that displayed values update automatically when data is refreshed.

Google updates Looker Studio with new email quotas and Pro-exclusive features

2 months ago

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Google has made changes to Looker Studio, introducing quotas for scheduled emails that limit recipients for standard users, while Pro users face restrictions only for personal reports. Pro users can upgrade reports to avoid these limits. Exclusive features for Pro reports include immediate email delivery, custom subject and messages, and report previews in emails. A data preview feature is now available to all users, enhancing the data source editor.

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Google Enforces Gemini Permissions and Upgrades Audit Logging in Looker Studio

2 months ago

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Google has updated Looker Studio with enhanced permission management and event logging. The `gemini_in_looker` permission is now enforced for users accessing Conversational Analytics features, formalizing access controls for AI analytics. Additionally, the event logging system now includes connector types for charts in audit logs when users export data from reports using Looker data sources, improving security and oversight.

Google Introduces Merchant Excellence for Partners for Enhanced Retail Performance

2 months ago

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Google Marketing Solutions has launched Merchant Excellence for Partners, a Looker Studio dashboard on Google Cloud that helps merchants optimize product data and performance in Google Ads and Merchant Center. This solution allows merchants to reduce disapprovals, enhance auction performance, and benchmark against top retailers. It features two components: the Advanced Commerce Insights Tool and the Merchant Excellence for Partners dashboard, both aimed at enhancing e-commerce performance.

Looker Studio Enhanced Table Charts with Multi-Column Sorting

3 months ago

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Looker Studio has introduced a new feature for table charts that allows users to sort by multiple columns at once by clicking on column headers while holding the Shift key. Tables in Looker Studio present data in rows and columns, where each column represents a dimension or metric and each row is a data record. The tables automatically group data, displaying unique combinations of dimensions and aggregating metrics based on their defined types.

Looker Studio Unveils Major Updates with Modern Charts and Enhanced Pivot Tables

4 months ago

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Google's Looker Studio announced updates, introducing Modern charts in preview, improved pivot table functionality, and enhanced filter conditions for Looker data sources. Modern charts feature new color themes, rounded edges, line gradients, transparency controls, and customization options. Pivot tables can sort by any metric, and the 'Is Any' filter condition addresses blank parameters. Features are gradually released during the preview period.

Looker Studio Updates Table Limits and Security Features

4 months ago

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Google's Looker Studio has improved data visualization and user security features. It now allows up to 100 dimensions and 100 metrics in table charts, enhancing data presentation. Additionally, a new security feature provides redirect notices when users click on external links, aiming to increase user awareness and safety while navigating outside the Looker Studio environment.

Looker Studio Unveils Data Preview and Enhanced Visualization Controls

5 months ago

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Looker Studio has introduced enhancements for better data visualization and user experience. It now offers data preview in the data source editor for Google BigQuery, Google Sheets, Looker, Microsoft Excel, and CSV uploads. A new security feature provides redirect notices for external links. Updates include improved funnel charts and scorecard charts, along with better field management options and enhanced metadata protection.

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