To extract metadata and to configure other capabilities that a catalog source might include, you need account access and permissions on the source system. The permissions required might vary depending on the capability.
Permissions to extract metadata
To extract Google Looker metadata, you need account access and permissions to the Google Looker source system.
Verify that the administrator performs the following tasks:
•Uses the API Key restful API key to log in.
•Uses the Looker administrator console to configure an API key for the user account.
•Creates the API key that includes the Client ID and Client Secret (OAuth2 authentication pattern).
•Identifies the port number on which the restful API is available.
•Assigns the following permissions to run the catalog source:
- access_data
- explore
- see_alerts
- see_datagroups
- see_drill_overlay
- see_logs
- see_lookml
- see_lookml_dashboards
- see_looks
- see_pdts
- see_queries
- see_schedules
- see_sql
- see_system_activity
- see_user_dashboards
- see_users
Permissions to perform data classification
You can perform data classification with the permissions required on the source system to perform metadata extraction.
Permissions to perform glossary association
You can perform glossary association with the permissions required on the source system to perform metadata extraction.