Integrating Looker with Other Applications

Looker’s ability to connect with third-party applications unlocks a powerful ecosystem for data-driven workflows. By connecting third-party tools to Looker, you create a single, governed data model. This ensures consistency in analysis and metrics across your entire organization, regardless of which BI tool people use.

Looker Actions, which we covered earlier in this book, transforms static dashboards into interactive ones, empowering users to execute meaningful tasks directly within the Looker interface, such as generating Jira tickets for the security team, dispatching data-driven reports via email to your data analysts, or sharing visualizations with colleagues through Slack, all without ever leaving Looker.

Third-party applications can leverage Looker’s power through seamless connection. This means you can seamlessly pull fresh, Looker-modeled data directly into your preferred tools, eliminating the need for manual...