Looker

Looker configuration setup details

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

1

Create a permission set

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

  • Name your permission set masthead_permissions.

  • Select the necessary permissions:

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
Looker permissions

  • Click New Permission Set to save.

2

Create a role

  • Go to Admin > Roles and click New Role.

  • Name a new role masthead_role.

  • Select permission set masthead_permissions.

  • Click New Role to save.

3

Create a user

  • Go to Admin > Users and click Add Users.

  • Enter an email address [email protected].

  • Uncheck the Send setup emails option.

  • Select the role you created (masthead_role).

  • Click Save.

4

Set content Folders read access for Masthead user

  • Go to Admin > Content Access.

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

  • Select Shared folder and click Manage Access: unless All Users group already has View or Manage/Edit Access, add the Masthead user you just created with View access.

  • Click Save.

  • Repeat with the Users folder.

5

Create an API key

  • Go to Admin > Users and click Edit on the new user you created for Masthead.

  • Click Edit Keys and then New API Key.

  • Copy Client ID and Client Secret values.

6

Completing Looker integration configuration

  • Open Integrations page in Masthead and click Connect for Looker.

  • Enter Host URL and port - address of your Looker instance.

  • Enter Client ID and Client Secret you've copied in the previous step.

  • Click Save.

Looker integration configuration is complete.

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