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By default, you own the reports and data sources you create in Looker Studio. You can transfer ownership of your Looker Studio assets to someone with a Google Account using theManage accessoptions in the sharing dialog.
For Google Workspace and Cloud Identity admins
When someone leaves your organization, you can transfer their Looker Studio reports and data sources to another user, ensuring you don't lose access to important information.Learn more in Google Workspace admin help.
For standard users
Complete the following sections to transfer ownership of your Looker Studio assets.
Before you transfer ownership
You can only transfer ownership of assets that you own.
You must firstshare the file with the new ownerbefore you can transfer ownership (otherwise, their name won't appear in the list of possible people you can share with).
After you transfer ownership
It may take a few minutes for the system to complete the transfer.
Once the ownership transfer is complete:
You'll still be able to edit that asset, unless the new owner removes your access.
You won't be able to transfer ownership, even back to yourself. So be sure you enter the new owner's address accurately.
Transfer a data source
When you transfer ownership of a data source, the data credentials remain intact. This ensures that data sources using Owner's credentials will continue to provide data to reports as they did before the transfer. The new owner can change the credentials to use their credentials by reconnecting the data source.
You can manuallyrevoke your credentialsafter the transfer. The new owner will need to reconnect the data source to use their own credentials to access data.
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