Technical requirements
To follow the example implementations in this chapter, you need to have a Google account that allows you to create reports with Looker Studio. Use one of the recommended browsers – Chrome, Safari, or Firefox. Make sure Looker Studio is supported in your country (https://support.google.com/looker-studio/answer/7657679?hl=en#zippy=%2Clist-of-unsupported-countries).
This chapter uses BigQuery, Google Cloud’s serverless data warehouse platform, as a data source in a couple of examples. If you do not already have a Google Cloud account with access to BigQuery, you can create a trial account (https://cloud.google.com/free), which provides $300 of credit for you to use on any Google Cloud resources. You need a valid credit card to enroll in the trial, but you will not be charged. Create a Google Cloud project to start using any resources.
BigQuery charges for the amount of data processed by the queries as well as for the storage of data. It has...