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Looker - Download Look as File to Workflows

Overview

Quickly download a Look from Looker as a variety of file types.

Variables

NameReferenceTypeRequiredDefaultOptionsDescription
Looker URLLOOKER_URLAlphanumericNone-The base URL of your organization's looker instance. Include https://
Looker Client IDLOOKER_CLIENT_IDPasswordNone-The Client ID generated from Looker for API access
Looker Client SecretLOOKER_CLIENT_SECRETPasswordNone-The secret key generated from Looker for API access
Looker Look IDLOOKER_LOOK_IDAlphanumericNone-The identifier for the specific Look you are intending to download
File TypeLOOKER_FILE_TYPESelectpngJSON (.json): json

Text (.txt): txt

CSV (.csv): csv

JSON Detail (.json): json_detail

Markdown (.md): md

Excel (.xlsx): xlsx

SQL (.sql): sql

PNG (.png): png

JPG (.jpg): jpg
The type of file that will be generated from the Look.
Folder NameLOOKER_DESTINATION_FOLDER_NAMEAlphanumericNone-Folder where the file will be created. Leave blank to store in the current working directory
File NameLOOKER_DESTINATION_FILE_NAMEAlphanumericNone-File name that will be created for the Look being downloaded. Include the extension and ensure that it matches the selected File Type.

YAML

Below is the YAML template

YAML

source:
  template: Looker - Download Look as File to Workflows
  inputs:
    LOOKER_URL:
    LOOKER_CLIENT_ID:
    LOOKER_CLIENT_SECRET:
    LOOKER_LOOK_ID:
    LOOKER_FILE_TYPE: png
    LOOKER_DESTINATION_FOLDER_NAME:
    LOOKER_DESTINATION_FILE_NAME:
  type: TEMPLATE
guardrails:
  retry_count: 1
  retry_wait: 0h0m0s
  runtime_cutoff: 1h0m0s
  exclude_exit_code_ranges:
    - 101
    - 102
    - 103
    - 203
    - 204
    - 205
    - 206
    - 207
    - 208
    - 209

      
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