What System Activity explore query will give me the same info as the Admin --> Queries panel?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Aug 25, 2020 Yes! We can use the following System Activity query appended to our ho...
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How does query killing work via the API?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Oct 7, 2019 Here are some facts about queries are killed via the API:Only admin API...
What is the difference between history and query create date?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Oct 16, 2020 Query created date is the time that a specific query was first run. Th...
Can I set a query limit for an individual user?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Oct 14, 2020 No, the per user query limit startup option will apply to all users on...
Can Admin users view the rendering queue?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Aug 22, 2017 No, users cannot see the rendering queue.The rendering of PDFs and PNG...
How is the "Estimated Time" for a query calculated?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Oct 2020Looker uses the time it took to run that query last time to predict estimat...
What is cache_only_miss in the system activity History explore?
Knowledge DropLast tested: May 14, 2020 Looker has a feature that will fetch results from the cache if they ex...
Is there a maximum value you can set user query limits to?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Jan 21, 2019 No, there isn't a max per user query limit value.However, while there ...
Default Query Limits
Knowledge DropLast tested: April 2021The query limits are specified in the startup docs, here are a few of the...
How long do query slugs/qid and links live?
Knowledge DropLast tested: April 2021Queries are permanent in Looker. A Query ID will never be replaced.Simila...
Why is an image (PNG / PDF) download request stuck on "Queued for Rendering" for a long time (20+mins)?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Jun 4, 2019 Since we can only run two simultaneous rendering processes by default (...
