If loading your Looker Studio Report takes too long, this can be due to too many components or a slow data source. Furthermore, complex calculated fields significantly increase loading times. Additionally, the number of simultaneous queries plays an important role. In this article, we explain why loading your Looker Studio Report takes so long and how to improve performance.

Why Is Loading the Looker Studio Report Taking So Long?

First of all, each component in the report sends its own query to the data source. When loading your Looker Studio Report takes long, you may have too many charts on one page. Moreover, large datasets without filters significantly slow down queries. Therefore, you should first reduce the number of components per page. Find more tips in our guide on row limits.

How to Speed Up Your Looker Studio Report

First, you should limit the number of components to a maximum of 10 to 15 per page. Additionally, setting data source filters helps reduce query size. Furthermore, you can create calculated fields in the data source instead of the report. According to Google Support, using extracts significantly improves loading times.

Our Recommendation

If loading your Looker Studio Report takes too long, you should reduce components and use filters. Moreover, we recommend using data extracts, as they can reduce loading times by up to 80%. Additionally, you should move calculated fields to the data source. This way, you ensure that loading your Looker Studio Report becomes significantly faster.

Conclusion

In summary, loading times in Looker Studio can be significantly improved with fewer components, filters, and extracts. Need support? Our Looker Studio service team is happy to optimize your report.