Access embedded looker studio report without google account

[Sreelekha]

Hi there,

I apologize for asking, but as someone new to Looker Studio, I have a question:

I want to embed a Looker Studio report in my web application. The report link is shared in restricted mode, meaning only people who have been added can access it.

From what I understand, accessing the embedded report requires a Google account to be logged in. When I try to access the report without being signed in to a Google account, I get a message saying "Can't access report, Please sign in to Google account." However, I want to allow users to view the report regardless of their Google account login status.

Assuming users have a Google account with the same credentials as those used for our web application, I would like them to view the report without needing to log in to their Google account separately.

In summary, I want users to access the report based on their web application credentials, regardless of their Google account login status. So Is there any way to access embed report directly without logging to google account or any way to log in to a Google account from within the web application using the application's credentials?

I would greatly appreciate any guidance or solutions to this issue.

Thank you.

[Lobo-Google]

Hi @Sreelekha, thank you for your post!

 For embedded Looker Studio reports, the only options are to share the report publicly, for all users to be able to access regardless of whether or not they have a Google Account - or, to restrict sharing to specific users, groups, or domains. These viewers must be logged into a Google account (reference: Embed a report documentation page).

I tried to look through some Google Account Help Community posts to see if there's anyway to authenticate into a Google Account without actually logging in, but I was unable to find any information that may suggest that is possible. 

If you wouldn't mind filing a feature request for the Looker Studio team to give us more details about your use case, I think that would be really helpful for us. We are always looking for ways to improve user experience!  Here are directions on how to file a feature request: https://support.google.com/looker-studio/answer/7340016?hl=en