How to reach Help Center for Looker Studio vs Looker
TL;DR; Please note that Looker Studio (formally known as Data Studio) is a distinct product from Looker. This ...
Administering Looker
Whether you’re setting up your Looker instance for the first time, orchestrating an administrative overhaul, dealing with day to day operations, or anything in between, this is the spot for discussion and best practices.
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New email user doesn't get setup password page - sent directly to email login page
I’m trying to set up a new email user and have a problem in that when they click on the ‘activate’ link in the...
Embed User Timezone
From what I have found, an Embed User’s Timezone is strictly tied to the Application Timezone. Is that correct...
Using the Browser's Timezone
I’m wondering if it is possible for Looker to use the Browser’s timezone to convert date/time data for visuali...
Is it possible to upload a certificate file to a Looker-hosted instance?
Hello I need to connect to a Hive database through JDBC. The JDBC connection URL references an SSL trust store...
Migration to Bitbucket from native Git: Models from different projects mixed together.
Hey everybody! So, we were migrating our versioning system to Bitbucket as per company standard by following t...
Query count per render
2 questions : I would like to get numbers around “query count per dashboard per dashboard render” I was able t...
Does the number of Looks created impact Looker overall performance?
I was wondering if the number of Looks my team has created will impact somehow Looker’s overall performance an...
How to find if look is a part of dashboard or not
Hello, I am trying to find a way to see if a look is part of dashboard or not. I am mainly after the list of l...
Number of Views and Number of Looks generated
Hi all, I am very new to Looker and I was wondering if anyone could help me with my inquiry. I have admin acce...
Trying to start looker, failing due to 'no space left on device'. How can I free up space? details inside thread
Using putty to start looker: ./looker start I can usually do this no problem, occasionally I get this disk spa...
Connection - Create a Group Attribute
I would like a certain group to have a different connection from the other users as a default. Is it possible ...
Users, Load, & Performance
I’m wondering if there are any resources available (or if anyone has some guidelines) to help gauge loading an...
Dragging & dropping file makes it disappear
Very serious bug in my opinion. Steps to reproduce: Click on a file you want to move Move it around to see the...
Unable to get ssl certificate picked up by Looker
After following ssl steps on https://docs.looker.com/setup-and-management/on-prem-install/ssl-setup and lookin...
Custom Authentication
Hi. I am the BI Tool Adminstrator for my company and I am doing research on Looker as a possible replacement f...
Git Branch Management - error while trying to delete branch
Getting this kind of error while trying to delete a branch: Looks like it’s a problem if the name of a branch ...
Trouble with upgrading to new version via ssh ubuntu commands
I am very new to this, and unfortunately my documentation on doing this has all of the commands as they work i...
Does Looker Supports Oracle 19c as Dialect
Hi, We are planning to upgrade DB to Oracle 19c from Oracle12cr2. Will Looker support Oracle 19c as Datasource
Custom Fields - Where Do They Go?
In order to re-use Custom Fields, I understand the user either needs to: Save as a Look Save to a Dashboard Co...
Tracking markdown doc usage
Has anyone figured out a way to track usage of markdown documents? We have a Help Center with multiple markdow...
Localization only for Content, not for GUI
Hi all Is there a way, to only localize the model informations, but not the GUI? If I lokalize to de_DE not on...
Web Analytics/Digital Marketing Analytics Application
Whenever I select Web Analytics or Digital Marketing Analytics from Browse, I get what I’ll call a spinning ic...
Looker 7 Release schedule
From release notes, I see Looker 7 had a release rollout starting on Jan 12 and has a release final on Jan 23r...
Subscriptions/users/groups/roles Migration from Lower to Higher Environment?
Hi Team, we are on OnPrem Instance and Am able to Migrate looklml and lookml dashboards through git, and also ...
Overview: Git and Looker
For information on using Git with Looker, see this page in our documentation. Looker integrates with Git servi...
Retired: Using a Different Database Connection for PDT Jobs
Note: The content of this article has been updated and moved to Looker’s technical documentation here.
Testing and troubleshooting socket based query killing
Background When a user runs a query in Looker, a connection is opened from the user’s browser to the Looker se...
Default access rights for new spaces
Hi all, I have the following problem: I’ve shared the “shared” space with all groups in the company. If I don’...
Using GitLab for Version Control in Looker
Use this post together with the Looker Document Setting Up Version Control to configure your version control w...
Setting up HTTPS git connection with 2FA Enabled
If you are connecting to a git repository via HTTPS and you have Two-Factor Authentication enabled on your git...
