Analyze data stored in BigQuery data sources more quickly with less cost.
BigQuery BI Engine is a fast, in-memory analysis service. By using BigQuery BI Engine with Looker Studio, you can significantly improve your report performance. while reducing compute costs.
Learn more about BigQuery BI Engine.
Requirements to use BigQuery BI Engine with Looker Studio
To accelerate your Looker Studio reports with BI Engine, you'll need the following:
- Some data stored in BigQuery that you wish to visualize.
- A BigQuery billing project, with billing enabled.
- The BigQuery API is enabled.
- A BI Engine reservation.
This tutorial in the BigQuery documentation walks you through the setup process.
BigQuery BI Engine features
Using BI Engine with Looker Studio enables the following features:
- BI Engine offers up to 1 GB of free capacity to Looker Studio users.
- Looker Studio displays a BigQuery query performance dialog on each chart, which also links to the BigQuery job details page.