Looker

Looker configuration setup details

To enable Masthead for Looker, please follow the next steps:

1. Create a permission set with roles in it

   • In the top navigation bar, go to Admin > Roles and click New Permission Set.

   • Name your permission set "mastheadps".

   • Check the necessary permissions (see list below), and click New Permission Set to save.

access_data
access_data.see_lookml_dashboards
access_data.see_looks
access_data.see_looks.see_user_dashboards
access_data.see_looks.explore
access_data.see_looks.see_lookml

Looker permissions

1. Create a user

   • In the top navigation bar, go to Admin > Users and click Add Users.

   • Choose an email address, for example, [e-mail]. You are not required to use a valid email address.

   • Uncheck the Send setup emails option.

   • Select the role you created ("mastheadrole").

   • Click Add Users to save.

2. Set what content Folders the Masthead User has access to see

   • In the top navigation bar, go to Admin > Content Access.

   • Note: At this point, you can decide which folders to give access to.

   • With the Shared folder selected, click Manage Access. If All Users do not already have View or Manage/Edit Access, add the Masthead user you just created with View access.

   • Click Save.

   • Repeat with the Users folder.

3. Create an API key

   • In the top navigation bar, go to Admin > Users and click Edit on the new user you created for Masthead.

   • Click Edit Keys and then New API3 Key.

   • Copy Host URL, Copy Client ID and Client Secret and save it in Masthead (Integrations -> Looker)