Looker Studio might seem harmless. But beneath the surface are hidden risks that could cost you time, money, and credibility.

• Your intern tweaks a filter before an important presentation and breaks the entire dashboard.
• Last month’s data in Looker doesn’t match your CRM’s numbers, and now there are questions about every dashboard.
• A wrong link was shared now you need to disclose to your biggest client that their sensitive data was leaked.

These aren’t hypotheticals. They are real risks that you need to account for.

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Working Without A Safety Net

No “undo”

• Looker lacks true version control. If someone deletes a critical chart or breaks a data source, you’re stuck rebuilding from scratch.

No testing

• Without testing it’s hard to know if the data is incorrect. There is a real risk of presenting, or worse, acting on flawed data.

No accountability

• No audit trails mean multiple users can overwrite each other’s work. Your team will quickly be pointing fingers for who did what.

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Governance Gone Missing

You saw what!!!!

• With Looker’s limited permission controls, sensitive be exposed to anyone inside, or outside, your organization.

Security

• Without strong security, sensitive data can easily get out, damaging relationships or violating contracts.

Your dashboard has left the building

• In most Looker setups, if your team member leaves, they take their dashboards with them. Leaving you scrambling to rebuild.

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Who Are You Going to Call?

DYI Data Troubleshooting

• Did something break? Get ready to become a Looker Studio expert! Without dedicated support, you're on your own to diagnose all your complex issues.

Pay per Support

• Need real help? True Looker support is behind an expensive 'standard plan' that costs extra on top of your existing subscription.

Closed source

• Facing an obscure error message? With Looker Studio’s closed-source platform, you have limited visibility into how things work under the hood.

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The cost of not caring

Building a reliable, scalable foundation isn’t optional. It’s the only way to ensure your data works for you and not against you. Without governance and security every insight becomes a liability.

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And without support, today’s ‘quick fix’ becomes tomorrow’s disaster.The dashboards your company relies on shouldn’t be thought of as an afterthought, but a key component of your success.

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