Looker Setup Guide Lite
Follow our setup guide to connect Looker to Fivetran.
Prerequisites
To connect Looker to Fivetran, you need a Looker account with Admin role.
Setup instructions
Find subdomain
Log in to your Looker account.
Find the subdomain in your Looker URL and make a note of it. For example:
- If your URL is
https://fivetrandemo.looker.com/folders/home
, then your subdomain isfivetrandemo.looker.com
. - If your URL is
https://fivetrandemo.cloud.looker.com/folders/home
, then your subdomain isfivetrandemo.cloud.looker.com
.
- If your URL is
Generate API credentials
- On the navigation menu, click Admin and then go to the Users tab.
- Select your user and then click Edit.
- In the API3 Keys section, click Edit Keys.
- Click New API3 Key. Make a note of Client ID and Client Secret. You will need them to configure Fivetran.
Finish Fivetran configuration
- In the connector setup form, enter your chosen Destination schema name.
- Enter the Subdomain you found in Step 1.
- Enter the Client ID and Client secret you found in Step 2.
- (Hybrid Deployment only) If your destination is configured for Hybrid Deployment, the Hybrid Deployment Agent associated with your destination is pre-selected in the Select an existing agent drop-down menu. To use a different agent, select the agent of your choice, and then select the same agent for your destination.
- Click Save & Test. Fivetran will take it from here and sync data from your Looker account.
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