Connect Looker Studio

Looker Studio is a free, online tool that helps users create and share interactive dashboards and reports from data. It was formerly known as Google Data Studio. 

  1. You need to first generate a database user for your site. Follow this documentation to create a read-only user.

Typically, it takes a few seconds to configure the database user. Once it's complete, click on View Credential.

Screenshot 2025-01-31 at 1.15.44 PM 2. Go to Looker Studio and click on Create New Data Source !

Screenshot 2025-01-31 at 1.39.14 PM 3. Search for mysql in connector list and choose the connector from Google.

Screenshot 2025-01-31 at 1.40.34 PM 4. Fill up the database user's info and click on Authenticate.

Note : You need to check Enable SSL and must provide the SSL certificate. Check the representation image of Step 1 of this documentation to get the idea from where to download the certificate.

Screenshot 2025-01-31 at 1.45.07 PM 5. Choose the required table and click on Connect. 6. After that, you can see the details of the table and create required reports.

Screenshot 2025-01-31 at 1.59.10 PM 7. Check Looker Studio office documentation to get guidance on creating dashboards and reports.

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