How to embed a Looker Studio report on a website

Last Updated: December 17, 2024

Note: Google Data Studio is now known as Looker Studio.

Looker Studio allows you to embed a fully functional report on any iframe enabled website/app or on any social media platform that supports oEmbed.

To embed a Looker Studio report on a website/app that supports the HTML iframe tag follow the steps below:

Step-1: Open the report you want to embed.

open report 5

Step-2: Click on the ‘Edit’ button to navigate to the ‘edit’ mode:

edit mode

Step-3: Click on the ‘+Share’ drop-down menu at the top right-hand side:

Share button 8

Step-4: Click on the option ‘Embed report’:

embed report 1

Step-5: Click on the checkbox ‘Enable embedding’:

Step-6: Adjust the height of your iframe using the ‘width’ and ‘height’ settings:

height and width

Step-7: Click on the ‘COPY TO CLIPBOARD’ button.

copy to clipboard

Step-8: Edit the HTML source code of the web page where you want to embed the report and then paste the embed code there.

Here is what the embedded report may look like:

report look

Users can not edit, copy, or share an embedded report.

Embedded reports always contain the Looker Studio watermark and full-screen option which cannot be removed.

To embed a Looker Studio report on a website/social media platform that supports oEmbed follow the steps below:

Step-1: Open the report you want to embed.

open report 6

Step-2: Click on the ‘Edit’ button to navigate to the ‘edit’ mode:

edit mode 1

Step-3: Click on the ‘+Share’ drop-down menu at the top right-hand side:

Share button 8

Step-4: Click on the option ‘Embed report’:

embed report 1

Step-5: Click on the checkbox ‘Enable embedding’:

Step-5: Click on the button ‘Embed URL’:

embed url 1

Step-6: Click on the ‘COPY TO CLIPBOARD’ button:

copy to clipboard 1

Step-7: Paste the copied URL as embedding URL on the website where you want to embed the report.

Paste the copied URL as embedding URL on the website

How to turn off report embedding

Step-1: Open the report for which you want to turn off the embedding.

open report 7

Step-2: Click on the ‘Edit’ button to navigate to the ‘edit’ mode:

edit mode

Step-3: Click on the ‘+Share’ drop-down menu at the top right-hand side:

Share button 8

Step-4: Click on the option ‘Embed report’:

embed report 1

Step-5: Uncheck ‘Enable embedding’:

uncheck enabled

Step-6: Click on the ‘Done’ button.

Note: The embedded reports could show up in the Google Search Results.

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