Overview of Looker connector permissions

In addition to the Looker Studio roles that may be required to perform tasks for a given data source, users need specific Looker permissions to perform certain tasks that are related to the setup and use of the Looker connector. Because each Looker data source is essentially a Looker Explore, users must be granted these permissions on the Explore's underlying model. If a report contains multiple Looker data sources, users must have permissions for each underlying model to be able to view or interact with the report, and to perform the following tasks.

The following Looker permissions are granted in the Looker instance by a Looker admin but are also respected in Looker Studio. Required Looker Studio roles are managed in Looker Studio.

Task Minimum Looker permission for the LookML model Minimum Looker Studio role for the data source
Enable the Looker connector in the Looker instance

Admin role

The Admin role contains all permissions for all models on the Looker instance.

 Not applicable
Monitor Looker connector usage in the Looker instance with System Activity Admin role Not applicable
Use the Looker connector to create a Looker data source in Looker Studio explore Editor
View and edit the data source configuration in Looker Studio explore Editor
View Looker Explore data in Looker Studio access_data Viewer
Refresh Looker data in Looker Studio clear_cache_refresh Viewer
Export Looker chart data from a Looker data source as CSV, Excel, and Google Sheets download_without_limit or download_with_limit

This permission is applicable to Looker Studio Pro users who are using a Looker instance that is on Looker 25.4 or later as a data source.		 Viewer
Download reports that use the Looker connector.

The limit for data downloads is 5,000 rows.		 download_without_limit or download_with_limit

This permission is applicable to Looker Studio Pro users who are using a Looker instance that is on Looker 25.4 or later as a data source.		 Viewer
Schedule automatic report delivery

schedule_look_emails

This permission is applicable to Looker Studio Pro users who are using a Looker instance that is on Looker 25.4 or later as a data source.

 Viewer with scheduling permissions
Create, edit, pause, and delete alerts on a chart

create_alerts

This permission is applicable to Looker Studio Pro users who are using a Looker instance that is on Looker 25.4 or later as a data source.

 Viewer
Make API calls to fetch a list of models and Explores and to fetch all metadata about a given Explore for which they have data access — for use with Conversational Analytics. gemini_in_looker

This permission is available for Looker Studio Pro users who are Looker viewers.		 N/A