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 ...
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Error: Cannot use persistent derived tables in temp schema
Hello everyone,I followed the instructions from the `LookerEmbedReference` looker github repo to setup a conne...
How to create a BigQuery connection in Looker
Step 1: Create a Google Cloud Project, Big Query Project and Dataset. This document does not cover how to do t...
Is it possible to connect redshift to looker using IAM role
Hi, we want to try connect to redshift using an IAM role, instead of dbuser + password, is it possible at the ...
Creating BigQuery connection in Looker doesn't seem to work
Hi experts,Our company recently upgraded Looker to a new version and the UI changed a lot. Back then, there is...
Amazon RDS to Looker Security and Speed
We are moving from an instance hosted by our company to an instance hosted by Looker.We need to move our conne...
Every error is the same (Athena) Error message not found: ATHENA_CLIENT_ERROR. Can't find bundle for base name com.simba.athena.athena.core.messages, locale en_US
Hello there,Been using Looker connected to Athena for ~3 years now. But in the last 2-3 weeks a strange error ...
MySQL connection - ?? instead of non-standard latin characters
I’ve connected Looker to a MySQL instance and even added extra connection parameters like:characterEncoding=ut...
Is it possible to access a data model defined in Looker from another client outside Looker?
I would like to know if it is possible to see a model defined in Looker from outside, for example with a JDBC ...
TLSv1.2 enabled by default in 21.8
Starting in Looker 21.8, we are now updating the default TLS option for connections using the MariaDB JDBC dri...
Looker Abilities
Hi All,I’m Newbie at Looker. I’m trying to understand the capabilities of this tool and compare with other BI ...
Parametric connection
HI all, Is it possible to provide a connection name in the embed URL (as a user attribute) and then use that p...
Connexion on BigQuery views with Service Account is not working
Hi all,Hope you’re all doing great (and safe).I created a dedicated Project with many views from different pro...
Connecting to Redshift on us-east-2
I’m trying to configure a connection to my Redshift database but it consistently fails. I added the VPC and wh...
PDTs not working in BigQuery
Hi!I’ve just started using looker and I’m able to use it to query my data in BigQuery but I can’t use PDTs.Tes...
Lightweight - Low Effort Data Store for BI Tools
Is there any storage options out there that Looker integrates with that are cheap/low maintenance and have sim...
Manage schema permissions
Hi guys!How do I get only a group of users to have access to a connection-specific schema?Example:Connection "...
SSH Configuration
Hello, In order to configure Looker to connect to a database via SSH, do we need to have help from a Looker re...
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...
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 ...
Retired: Using a Different Database Connection for PDT Jobs
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