Use this connector to have Foundational scan and determine lineage and downstream impact for Looker.
This setup should take about 15 minutes.
Permissions: You'll need to be a Looker admin for this setup
Foundational will only access metadata and does not query data.
Configuring Looker Connector
In order to provide Foundational access to Looker, please follow these steps below:
1. Create a new API Key
Go to Admin Panel, and then go to the Users tab
Select or create a new user with admin access
Click on the user to enter the Edit User menu, go to API Keys and click Edit Keys
Click on New API Key and write down the
Client IDandClient Secret
2. Setup in Foundational
Open the Connectors page in Foundational and select the Looker connector
Fill in the following information:
Server Name: This is the URL of your Looker server, typically https://[company_name].cloud.looker.com
API Key ID: Enter the
Client Idyou received in the previous stepsAPI Key Secret: Enter the
Client Secretyou received in the previous stepsLookML repository: Select the repository that has your LookML files (You can select multiple repositories).
Note: For this list to populate, GitHub needs to be set up first.