How does Looker use the internal database?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Jan 22, 2021 When we do pretty much anything with Looker - whether that be via the ...
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Why does regen cycle keep canceling and restarting?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Sep 21, 2020 To look closely at the regen cycle, you can use an explore like :https...
Why am I getting the error Java::JavaLang::ClassCastException: [Mentions BigQuery]
Knowledge DropLast tested: Feb 7, 2018 You may be getting this error because Looker's SQL Runner is unable to ...
Looker Extension Framework Development - Edge Case Quirks
Knowledge DropLast tested: Mar 23, 2021 Just a brain dump of stuff I found while tinkering with the Extension ...
Creating a diff_quarter function in the Looker UI
Knowledge DropLast tested: Mar 1, 2021 Unlike several other "diff" functions (example: diff_days, diff_hours, ...
Why are my week dimension rows duplicating when I have the month dimension selected?
Knowledge DropLast tested; Feb 1, 2021 You may notice that when you select the week dimension and some other f...
Example: Changing embedded looks filters with Javascript Events
Knowledge DropLast tested: Aug 21, 2019 This is meant for anyone who needs are looking for a working example a...
Link to Image on Google Drive
Knowledge DropLast tested: Oct 31, 2018 If you have difficulty linking to an image hosted on gdrive with html,...
Conditionally formatting measures selected from parameters
Knowledge DropLast tested: Mar 17, 2021 If you have a parameter like so:parameter: labor_type_parameter {type:...
Google sheets action spinning forever
Knowledge DropLast tested: Aug 19, 2020 If a user is clicking on the google sheets action in the scheduler mod...
ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT in js console
Knowledge DropLast tested: Mar 31, 2020 This error in the console usually does come up a lot with local ad-blo...
Can you embed the data dictionary extension?
Knowledge DropLast tested: May 26, 2020Yes! The data dictionary: https://docs.looker.com/relnotes#data_diction...
Will migrating from legacy --> K8s rebuild PDTs?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Mar 2, 2021 No, the PDTs shouldn't regenerate. The instance slug that determines th...
Can I delete DCL'ers/support off my instance?
Knowledge DropLast tested: May 12, 2020Yep! You can delete support users off your instance, we'll just get re-...
Why do I have to re-enter my pwd when I change the host, port, or dialect for a connection?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Sep 22, 2020 We enforce this for several reasons:Prevent user error SecurityFrequen...
How can a VPN kill a query?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Feb 20, 2021When we run a query in sql runner in Looker, there is a network request...
How to extend session timeout for embedding
Knowledge DropLast tested: Nov 30, 2020 If you are using private embed, you would need to alter the inactivity...
What map geometries are supported?
Knowledge DropLast tested: May 12, 2020We support lines and polygons. Points usually come from the db and use ...
Make Looker automatically restart when server goes down
Knowledge DropLast tested: Aug 7, 2020Use the looker_init script in our customer scripts repo https://github.c...
Can you change the timezone of the time that is appended to files that are being scheduled?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Mar 18, 2020 Tldr: no.The timezone that determines the timestamp that is appended t...
Why can't I see my model, when trying to configure it, in the 'Manage LookML Projects' page?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Oct 12, 2020 If the user isn't an admin, they will need the manage_models permissio...
Error in logs: `Java::OrgPostgresqlUtil::PSQLException : This connection has been closed`
Knowledge DropLast tested: Aug 17, 2010 Possible reasons for seeing this error message include:The connection ...
Why are my System Activity queries being queued?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Sep 2, 2020 There is currently a limit of one query for how many queries can be run...
Can self-hosted deployments run Looker behind an application load balancer (ALB)?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Jan 11, 2021 No. Currently, only layer 4 ELBs are supported per our documentation.T...
Is it possible to turn on SAML but prevent Looker from creating users for a specific group/set of users even if they already have an account within the IDP?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Aug 26, 2020 Yes!This can be accomplished using the SP Entity/IdP Audience (documen...
Create repeated explores with different base views using view_name, view_label, from, and extends.
Knowledge DropLast tested: Sep 25, 2020 Scenario:User consistently joins the same table to each of their explo...
Why am I seeing "Unknown" for my PDT builds workspace in the PDT Event Log System Activity Explore?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Feb 10, 2021 The reason we see "Unknown" for workspace is because the pdt_event_log...
Why do our new account set up/activation emails take new users to a log in page instead of the new account set up page?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Sep 30, 2020 This is happening because you likely have SAML/Google OAuth/LDAP/OIDC ...
Google OAuth: Warning - The 'x' is different from your current x. Is the mapping correct?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Sep 17, 2020 If a user sees this warning when they test the authentication, the val...
How are LookML dashboards validated (LookML validator)?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Oct 13, 2020 Before we get into how LookML dashboards are validated, here's how the...
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