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Looker - Create SQL Runner Query

Overview

Quickly create a SQL query (stored as a `slug`) to be run in a downstream task. This works best when paired with `Looker - Download SQL Query as File` task. — not compatible with Looker Studio.

Variables

Name

Reference

Type

Required

Default

Options

Description

Looker URL

LOOKER_URL

Alphanumeric

None

-

The base URL of your organization's looker instance. Include https://

Looker Client ID

LOOKER_CLIENT_ID

Password

None

-

The Client ID generated from Looker for API access

Looker Client Secret

LOOKER_CLIENT_SECRET

Password

None

-

The secret key generated from Looker for API access

Looker Connection Type

LOOKER_CONNECTION_TYPE

Select

connection_name

Connection Name: connection_name

Model Name: model_name

The type of connection to form the SQL runner query. This is either by connecting to a specific connection, or a model

Looker Connection Value

LOOKER_CONNECTION_VALUE

Alphanumeric

None

-

Depending the selection in the Looker Connection Type argument, this will either be the name of the connection or the name of the model

Looker SQL Query

LOOKER_SQL_QUERY

Alphanumeric

None

-

The SQL query you would like to store

YAML

Below is the YAML template

YAML

source:
  template: Looker - Create SQL Runner Query
  inputs:
    LOOKER_URL:
    LOOKER_CLIENT_ID:
    LOOKER_CLIENT_SECRET:
    LOOKER_CONNECTION_TYPE: connection_name
    LOOKER_CONNECTION_VALUE:
    LOOKER_SQL_QUERY:
  type: TEMPLATE
guardrails:
  retry_count: 1
  retry_wait: 0h0m0s
  runtime_cutoff: 1h0m0s
  exclude_exit_code_ranges:
    - 101
    - 102
    - 103
    - 203
    - 204
    - 205
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    - 207
    - 208
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