Admin settings – 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 analyze and gain valuable insights from your data. Gemini in Looker can provide assistance for tasks in Looker (original) instances, Looker (Google Cloud core) instances, and in Looker Studio. For more information about available features, see the Gemini in Looker overview documentation page.

Learn how and when Gemini for Google Cloud uses your data.

Gemini in Looker feature availability

The availability of Gemini in Looker features is summarized in the following table. Depending on the needs of your organization, you can enable the settings that grant users access to the Gemini in Looker features that are available in the appropriate Looker platform.

Accessible Gemini in Looker features	Implementation
In Looker: Write LookML In Looker: Create custom Looker visualizations In Looker: Query data in natural language with Conversational Analytics In Looker: Build a custom data agent for Conversational Analytics	Enable Gemini in Looker. Grant permissions to use Gemini in Looker.
In Looker: Write LookML In Looker: Create custom Looker visualizations In Looker and in Looker Studio: Query data in natural language with Conversational Analytics In Looker and in Looker Studio: Build a custom data agent for Conversational Analytics In Looker Studio: Create calculated fields using natural language In Looker Studio: Export data to Slides	Enable Gemini in Looker (in Looker). Accept Looker Studio Pro licenses. Enable Gemini in Looker (in Looker Studio). Grant permissions to use Gemini in Looker.

Before you begin

To enable or disable Gemini in Looker and to grant users permissions to use Gemini in Looker features, you must be assigned the Looker Admin role for the Looker (original) instance.

To support Gemini in Looker, the following requirements must be met:

The Looker instance must be on Looker 25.0 or higher
The Looker instance must be Looker-hosted

Enabling and disabling Gemini

To enable Gemini in Looker, follow these steps:

In the Platform section of the Admin panel, go to the Gemini in Looker page.
Under Gemini in Looker enablement, turn on the Enable Gemini in Looker setting.
Select Trusted Tester features. When this setting is enabled, users can access the Trusted Tester capabilities of Gemini in Looker. You may request access to the non-public Trusted Tester capabilities through the Gemini in Looker preview form on a per-user basis. You must enable this setting to use Gemini during the pre-GA preview.

Note: Gemini in Looker is subject to the agreement under which your organization accesses Google Cloud, including the Pre-GA Offerings Terms of the Google Cloud Service Specific Terms, as supplemented by the Gemini for Google Cloud Trusted Tester Program terms. Data Use settings for Gemini in Looker in the Trusted Tester Program can be adjusted at any time.
Optionally, select Trusted Tester data use. When this setting is enabled, you consent to your data being used by Google as described in the Gemini for Google Cloud Trusted Tester Program terms.

To disable Gemini for a Looker, clear the Enable Gemini in Looker setting.

Grant the Gemini in Looker permission to users

To grant Looker users the ability to use Gemini in Looker features in the Looker (Google Cloud core) instance, you must assign them the Gemini role in the instance's Admin settings. Additional Looker permissions may be needed to perform the tasks that Gemini assists with. For more information about these additional permissions, see the Admin settings - Roles documentation page. For more information about adding users to a Looker (Google Cloud core) instance so that you can update their settings, see the Manage users within Looker (Google Cloud core) documentation page.

To update an individual user's settings to assign the Gemini role, follow these steps:

Navigate to the Users page in the Users section of the Admin panel.
Select the user or group whose permissions you want to change.
From the Roles drop-down menu, select Gemini.
Select Save to retain these settings.

You can also assign the Gemini role to multiple users or groups from the Roles page in the Users section of the Admin panel by following these steps:

Navigate to the Roles page in the Users section of the Admin panel.
Next to the Gemini role, select Edit.
Under Groups or Users, select the groups or users that you want to assign the Gemini role to.
Click Update Role to retain these settings.

Additional permissions

Some Gemini in Looker features require additional permissions depending on the task that Gemini is assisting with.

To create custom visualizations with Gemini assistance, you must be assigned a Looker role that contains the can_override_vis_config permission.

To write LookML with Gemini assistance, you must be assigned a Looker role that contains the develop permission for at least one model in a LookML project.

To query data or create a data agent with Conversational Analytics, you must be assigned a Looker role that contains the access_data permission for the model that you are querying.

Provide feedback

You can provide feedback about each Gemini in Looker feature. Instructions for how to submit feedback are included in the documentation for each feature.