Looker
Looker is an enterprise platform for BI, data applications, and embedded analytics that helps you explore and share insights in real time.
Metaplane automatically generates lineage between warehouse tables/columns with downstream Looker Explore fields, dashboards, and Looks.
Creating API3 Keys
The Looker user needs the following permissions for Metaplane to properly sync Looker and generate lineage.
access_data
see_lookml_dashboards
see_looks
see_user_dashboards
explore
see_sql
see_lookml
develop
see_datagroups
- Go to your Looker dashboard: https://company.cloud.looker.com.
- Click Admin > Users in the menu bar.

- Click Edit next to a user.

- Click the Edit Keys button next to API Keys.

- Click New API3 Key.

- Copy the Client ID and Client Secret.

Adding Looker source
To add a source, navigate to the Connections page and click the Looker button. A modal will prompt you for the credentials you just created, then allow you to save the connection for testing:

Whitelisting Metaplane IPs
Metaplane will always connect to your data warehouse from these static IP addresses:
52.22.202.169/32
34.199.237.80/32
54.227.153.130/32
34.230.219.122/32
44.197.96.121/32
34.206.79.174/32
107.22.42.246/32
Updated 3 months ago