Looker reports bring enhanced data storytelling, streamlined exploration, and broader data connectivity to users, including reports generated from native Looker content, direct connections to Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets data, first-party connectors and ad-hoc access to various data sources.
Creating compelling, interactive reports is now easier than ever. Looker reports features the intuitive drag-and-drop interface users love, granular design controls, a rich library of visualizations and templates, and real-time collaboration capabilities.
This new reporting environment lives alongside your existing Looker Dashboards and Explores within Looker’s governed framework. Importantly, Looker Reports seamlessly integrates with Gemini in Looker, allowing you to leverage conversational analytics within this new reporting experience.
Faster, more reliable development with continuous integration
With Google Cloud’s acquisition of Spectacles.dev, we are enabling developers to automate testing and validation of SQL, LookML changes, leading to faster, more reliable development cycles. Robust CI/CD practices build data trust by ensuring the accuracy and consistency of your semantic model — crucial for dependable AI-powered BI.
Source Credit: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/looker-bi-platform-gets-ai-powered-data-exploration/
