Add & set up Data Studio Pro

With Data Studio Pro, your organization's users get collaboration at scale with team workspaces, automated report delivery, personal report links, and more. As a Google Workspace administrator, you get additional controls. For example, you can assign licenses to specific users who need the service, manage data access settings, and review usage logs.

Step 1: Add a Data Studio Pro subscription

You can buy as many or as few licenses as you want. You don't need to buy licenses for all your users. You can buy licenses directly online by completing the following steps. Alternatively, you can contact a Google sales representative.

  1. In the Google Admin console, go to Menu and then Billing and then Buy or upgrade.

    Requires having the Billing management privilege.

  2. On the side, click More products.
  3. For Data Studio Pro, click Get Started.
    If this option isn't available, Data Studio Pro isn't currently offered in your country or region. We'll be adding more locations over time, so check back later.
  4. Follow the on-screen instructions to add the service to your organization's Google Account.

Step 2: Turn the Data Studio service on for users

If you already have the no-cost Data Studio service turned on, your users automatically receive the additional features and enhanced functionality when you assign them a Data Studio Pro license.

To turn on the service or change who receives the service, go to Turn Data Studio on or off for users.

To finish setting up Data Studio Pro, you need to link to a Google Cloud project that your organization owns. The project can't be in use for a different Data Studio Pro subscription.

You must belong to the same organization that owns the project.

To link to the project:

  1. Go to Data Studio Pro.
  2. At the top, click Link Data Studio to a Google Cloud project.
  3. To link to:
    • A new project—Click Create new project.
    • An existing project—Click Select project.
  4. Enter a new or existing project ID.
  5. Click Confirm.

Step 4: Assign Data Studio Pro licenses to users

Before users in your organization can use Data Studio Pro, they need a license for the service. For details, go to Assign Data Studio Pro licenses to users.

Step 5: Make sure user content is moved

Any user with a Data Studio Pro license can create new content in the linked Google Cloud project. In addition, some users might have been working in a project in the no-cost Data Studio service. If those users want to keep any of that project's content and use Data Studio Pro features with it, they need to move the content into a team workspace or their Sandbox. You can also move your users' content for them. For details, go to Upgrade Data Studio content to Data Studio Pro.

For users to move their content into a team workspace, you or a user must create the workspace. For details, go to About team workspaces.