Parabola's Looker API

Parabola's API connection with Looker enables organizations to automate their business intelligence and data exploration operations through a modern analytics platform. This powerful connection allows businesses to streamline their data visualization and analysis workflows while maintaining data governance and self-service capabilities, all through a robust API that supports comprehensive analytics automation.

How to use the API

1. Connect to the Looker API through Parabola by navigating to the API page and selecting Looker
2. Authenticate using your Looker credentials and configure necessary access permissions
3. Select the data endpoints you want to access (looks, dashboards, explores, models)
4. Configure your flow in Parabola by adding transformation steps to process your analytics data
5. Set up automated triggers for dashboard updates and data refresh

What is Looker?

Looker is a modern business intelligence and analytics platform that enables organizations to explore, analyze, and share real-time business analytics. As part of Google Cloud, Looker provides a unique approach to BI through its in-database architecture and modeling language (LookML), enabling organizations to create consistent, reusable metrics across their business.

What does Looker do?

Looker provides a comprehensive analytics platform that enables organizations to build and deploy sophisticated data experiences. Through its API, businesses can automate complex analytics workflows while maintaining data consistency and governance. The platform excels in providing self-service analytics capabilities, supporting everything from basic reporting to embedded analytics and custom data applications.

The API enables programmatic access to Looker's full feature set, including content management, query execution, and user administration. Organizations can leverage this functionality to build automated analytics workflows, manage dashboard deployments, and coordinate data delivery while maintaining security and governance requirements.

Practical use cases for the API

Dashboard Automation

Through Parabola's API connection with Looker, analytics teams can automate their dashboard management workflows. The API enables automated content updates, scheduled data refreshes, and distribution management. This automation ensures timely insights while maintaining dashboard reliability.

Embedded Analytics Management

Organizations can leverage the API to automate their embedded analytics deployments. The system can manage embedded content, handle user authentication, and coordinate customization options. This automation helps streamline embedded analytics while maintaining security.

Data Model Deployment

Development teams can automate their LookML deployment processes through the API connection. The system can manage model changes, coordinate testing, and handle version control. This automation streamlines development workflows while ensuring model consistency.

User Management

Administration teams can automate their user governance through the API. The system can manage access controls, coordinate group permissions, and track usage patterns. This integration ensures secure analytics access while reducing administrative overhead.

Performance Optimization

Operations teams can automate their platform monitoring through the API. The system can track query performance, manage cache settings, and optimize resource utilization. This automation helps maintain optimal performance while controlling costs.

Through this API connection, organizations can create sophisticated analytics workflows that leverage Looker's modern capabilities while eliminating manual operations and reducing complexity. The integration supports automated content management, seamless data delivery, and comprehensive governance, enabling teams to focus on insight generation rather than platform administration.