Move Looker data anywhere it matters.

Load Looker boards, board items and board sections into the warehouse or AI app you already run.

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Source

Looker

Snowflake
BigQuery
Postgres
Databricks
Claude

Streams: 41
Destinations: 50+
Standard support: 1.0.34

Overview

What is the Airbyte Looker connector?

The Airbyte Looker connector extracts data from Looker and loads it into 50+ destinations such as Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks or Postgres, with full refresh. It publishes 41 streams you can select per connection.

01
Sync to your warehouse
Land 41 Looker tables in 50+ destinations on a schedule you control.
02
One authorization
Authenticate Looker once and Airbyte keeps every scheduled sync running on it.
03
Cloud or self-hosted
Run the Looker connector on Cloud, OSS, Hybrid.

41 streams

Every table you can sync from Looker

Boards
Sync modes FullIncr.
Board Items
Sync modes FullIncr.
Board Sections
Sync modes FullIncr.
Color Collections
Sync modes FullIncr.
Connections
Sync modes FullIncr.
Content Metadata
Sync modes FullIncr.

Boards
Sync modes	FullIncr.

Board Items
Sync modes	FullIncr.

Board Sections
Sync modes	FullIncr.

Color Collections
Sync modes	FullIncr.

Connections
Sync modes	FullIncr.

Content Metadata
Sync modes	FullIncr.

Setup

Live in eleven steps

Open Looker and navigate to the Admin panel.
Click on "Connections" and then "New Connection".
Select "Airbyte" as the type of connection.
Enter a name for the connection and the URL for the Airbyte instance.
In the "Authentication" section, select "OAuth2" as the authentication method.
Enter the Client ID and Client Secret provided by Airbyte.
In the "Advanced" section, set the "API Version" to "v1".
Click "Test" to ensure the connection is successful.
Save the connection and navigate to the "Explore" panel.
Select the Airbyte connection as the data source and choose the relevant tables to explore.
Note: It is important to ensure that the Airbyte instance is properly configured and the necessary connectors are installed before attempting to connect to Looker. Additionally, the specific steps for adding credentials may vary depending on the version of Looker being used.

Configuration fields

Looker configuration fields
Field	Type	Description
client_id*	string	The Client ID is first part of an API3 key that is specific to each Looker user. See the docs for more information on how to generate this key.
client_secret*	string	The Client Secret is second part of an API3 key.
domain*	string	Domain for your Looker account, e.g. airbyte.cloud.looker.com,looker.[clientname].com,IP address
run_look_ids	array	The IDs of any Looks to run

Hybrid deployment

Sovereign by architecture, not by policy.

The data plane runs in your environment. Records, credentials and keys stay with you; the control plane only receives configuration and job metadata.

Cloud
OSS
Hybrid

Your environment

DataConnectorsCredentialsKeys

↕ metadata only

Airbyte control plane

OrchestrationMonitoringUI

FAQ

Looker connector questions

What data can I sync from Looker with Airbyte?

41 streams, including Boards, Board Items, Board Sections, Color Collections, Connections, Content Metadata, Content Metadata Access, Dashboards and more.

Does the Looker connector support incremental sync?

The Looker connector supports full refresh sync. Check the stream list on this page for incremental support per table.

Where can I run the Looker connector?

Run the Looker connector on Cloud, OSS, Hybrid. Hybrid deployments keep the data plane in your environment while the control plane orchestrates syncs.

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