Setup Git Connection with Google Cloud Source Repositories
Knowledge DropLast tested: Mar 30, 2020 Go the Configure Git settings in your Looker Instance For Repository U...
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Why are color indicators not appearing in the IDE when I add a new file or make a code change?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Oct 21, 2020 Typically, we'll see a blue dot when we add a new file to the project....
How do I de-select all series on a chart?
Knowledge DropLast tested: May 13, 2020Option + Click on a series in the legend will deselect everything excep...
Using Looker on AWS CloudFormation
Knowledge DropLast tested: Feb 20, 2019 At the moment, we don't have any formal docs written up on using Cloud...
What determines access to embed spaces/folders?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Jun 17, 2019 Navigating and saving content to folders in the embed context works a ...
In SQL, do I use double quotes or single quotes for string literals? What about for column names?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Mar 14, 2019It depends on the dialect. In some dialects, such as MySQL, you can use...
If there are raw results but "Hide No's" is hiding all the rows, does a schedule with "Send if there are results" send?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Aug 22, 2018 As of version 5.8, schedules using the "Send if there are results opti...
Does the "Send Test" button listen to "Send if there are results"?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Aug 22, 2018 No. The "Send Test" button will always send the look, whether or not y...
LookML Error: Invalid property for model: project_name
Knowledge DropLast tested: Sep 30, 2020According to docs, the manifest.lkml file must be located at the root l...
Why am I getting a 403 on all pages in Looker?
Knowledge Drop Last tested: May 13, 2024 When trying to access pages on your Looker instance, you may get a mo...
Why is my webhook schedule timing out at 30 minutes?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Apr 26, 2019 Because that is the timeout set in Looker's internal code. This includ...
Why am I seeing "Looker instance is not configured for backups" on the Admin - Backup page?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Oct 24, 2018 This means that the instance is on a MySQL internal db, and the produc...
What makes SSO embed URLs secure? What is the purpose of the signature in SSO embed?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Apr 5, 2021 The signature is used to authenticate that the URL used in the embed co...
Status code 000 after starting Looker
Knowledge DropLast tested: Oct 9, 2020 A status code of 000 means no HTTP code was received. You may see this ...
How do I import/export looks into Google Sheets?
Knowledge DropLast tested: May 31, 2019 Starting in Looker 7.4, the best way to do this is to use the Google S...
How do I return a specific nested field (subfield) in a response from an interactive API docs call?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Oct 22, 2018 Write the name of the outer block followed by the nested fields desire...
Error creating new branch: cannot specify a base branch when checking out an existing branch
Knowledge DropLast tested: Jan 28, 2021 This error means that the name of the new branch that you're trying to...
Can I use "git:" at the beginning of my repository URL?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Nov 14, 2019 In other words, can I have something like:git://github.com/example/rep...
Can I start Looker with java -jar looker.jar start?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Sep 5, 2019 You can but it doesn't mean you should. Using java -jar looker.jar star...
Are custom filters preserved when changing other filters on a Look's schedule?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Sep 3, 2019 Yes! If you create a report with a custom filter and save it as a Look,...
How do I break and change a field reference for a single explore?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Aug 20, 2019 Will the break-the-field-reference-to-find-and-replace-in-Content-Vali...
Does Looker validate imported LookML from project import?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Apr 27, 2020 Nope!This is outlined in our docs here. Specifically:This is a good op...
What is funnel analysis?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Dec 30, 2019 Funnel analysis enables you to visualize a customer journey, aggregati...
What happens if I manually stop/kill a Building PDT in admin/queries?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Sep 14, 2020 If the PDT build was initiated by the regenerator (sql_trigger_value o...
Types of Alerts
Knowledge DropLast tested: Mar 17, 2020 There are three main types of alerts. Single value- only used on singl...
Is there a way for me to email all of my Looker users?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Jan 23, 2018 Currently there is not a direct way to do this in Looker.In the meanti...
Liquid syntax error: 'if' tag was never closed
Knowledge DropLast tested: Nov 30, 2020 Liquid tags can't have spaces between { and % or % and } .For example,...
Tabbed Dashboard using Liquid HTML
Knowledge DropLast tested: Mar 1, 2021The code snippets below would go in a text tile on your dashboard. The i...
Why are there commits from a `Lookering` user in my Github repo?
Knowledge DropLast tested: Feb 5, 2020 You may see something like this in your commit history:And be curious t...
Text Tile: How to create a footer / unlimited width text
Knowledge DropLast tested: Feb 28, 2020 If we keep typing will the text wrap at 500px or will it go across the...
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