Authentication

The Looker integration process uses a Looker API. To access the Looker metadata, the Looker API uses API3 credentials for authorization and access control.

Prerequisite

• You have the necessary permissions in Looker to see the Looker data.

Steps

1. Create a user with the Admin role.
   Only a user with the Admin role can create API3 credentials, but any user can call the Looker APIs.
2. Create the API3 credentials.
3. Use the API3 credentials in the configuration file.

Note API3 credentials are always linked to a Looker user account. As a result, calls to the API only return data that the user is allowed to see.

Tip For more information, see the Looker documentation.