Setup takes about 10–15 minutes.
Introduction
Connecting Looker to Foundational allows Foundational to determine lineage and list Looker dashboards.
To make the connection, you need to:
Create an API user and API key in Looker
Assign the Looker permissions to Foundational
Connect to Foundational using your Looker server URL and API credentials
Prerequisites
Ensure you have:
Looker admin rights
A source code connection in Foundational, like GitHub or BitBucket etc., if you want Foundational to analyze and ingest LookML models.
Added Foundational IP addresses to the allowlist, see the article Allowing IP access to Foundational.
Access permissions
Foundational reads metadata only and does not access your data.
The permissions you assign to Foundational enable it to:
List dashboards, looks, explores, and models
Retrieve LookML files
Read schedules and queries
Extract lineage and relationships between different Looker objects.
Create an API user and API key in Looker
In Looker, go to Admin > Users.
Select an existing user or create a new one and assign the user these limited permissions.
access_data
explore manage_models
see_datagroups
see_lookml
see_lookml_dashboards
see_looks see_pdts
see_queries see_schedules
see_sql see_system_activity
see_user_dashboards
see_usersOpen the Edit User page, select API Keys, and click Edit Keys.
Click New API Key. Copy the Client ID and Client Secret. You’ll need these to set up the connection.
Connect Foundational to Looker
In Foundational, open the Connectors & Integrations page.
In BI & Analytics, select the Looker card and click Connect.
The initial setup screen opens. Click Start Setup.
The Setup New Connection screen opens.
Enter the details:
Server URL, e.g.,
https://yourcompany.cloud.looker.com
API Key ID: Client ID from Looker
API Key ID & Secret: Client secret from Looker
Click Next.
The final setup screen opens. To complete the connection, click Save.
Foundational is now connected to Looker.
Add LookML repositories (optional)
Once connected, if you want Foundational to have access to LookML files, you’ll need:
A source code connection in Foundational (like GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps etc.)
The relevant LookML repositories are configured in the source code connection.