---
id: "google-looker-studio"
type: "component"
kind: "bi-service"
provider: "gcp"
category: "data"
aliases: "Data Studio"
docs: "https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/studio/manage-data-freshness"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-looker-studio"
---

# Data Studio (Looker Studio)

Google-hosted reporting and dashboards over shared infrastructure.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [gcp](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=gcp) |
| Kind | [BI service](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/bi-service) |
| Category | Data |
| Official docs | [https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/studio/manage-data-freshness](https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/studio/manage-data-freshness) |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `capacityMode` | enum | `shared`, `dedicated` | no | — | **"shared"** |
| `dataFreshnessHours` | integer | — | no | 12 | inherited |
| `edition` | enum | `free`, `pro` | no | "free" | inherited |
| `embeddedReports` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false | **true** |
| `minFreshnessMinutes` | integer | — | no | 1 | inherited |
| `publicSharing` | boolean | — | no | — | inherited |
| `refreshesPerDay` | integer | — | no | — | **2** |
| `rowLevelSecurity` | boolean | — | no | — | inherited |

Bold values are the ones this component pins.

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

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## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "google-looker-studio", component: "google-looker-studio" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# Data Studio, named Looker Studio between 2022 and April 2026: Google-hosted reporting over shared
# infrastructure. "Manage data freshness": a BigQuery data source caches for 12 hours by default
# (two refreshes a day) and can be set as low as every minute.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "google-looker-studio"
kind: "bi-service"
provider: "gcp"
docs: "https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/studio/manage-data-freshness"
aliases: ["Data Studio"]
defaults:
  managed: true
  capacityMode: "shared"
  refreshesPerDay: 2
properties:
  edition:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["free", "pro"]
    default: "free"
  dataFreshnessHours:
    type: "integer"
    default: 12
  minFreshnessMinutes:
    type: "integer"
    default: 1
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-looker-studio