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This page lists the IAM roles and permissions for Looker. To
search through all roles and permissions, see the role and
permission index
.
Looker roles
Looker Admin
( roles/ looker.admin )
Full access to all Looker resources.
looker.*
looker.backups.create
looker.backups.delete
looker.backups.get
looker.backups.list
looker.instances.create
looker.instances.delete
looker.instances.export
looker.instances.get
looker.instances.import
looker.instances.list
looker.instances.login
looker.instances.update
looker.locations.get
looker.locations.list
looker.operations.cancel
looker.operations.delete
looker.operations.get
looker.operations.list
monitoring.timeSeries.list
resourcemanager.projects.get
resourcemanager.projects.list
serviceusage.quotas.get
Looker Viewer
( roles/ looker.viewer )
Read-only access to all Looker resources.
looker.backups.get
looker.backups.list
looker.instances.get
looker.instances.list
looker.instances.login
looker.locations.*
looker.locations.get
looker.locations.list
looker.operations.get
looker.operations.list
resourcemanager.projects.get
resourcemanager.projects.list
Looker Instance User
( roles/ looker.instanceUser )
Access to log in to a Looker instance.
looker.instances.get
looker.instances.login
resourcemanager.projects.get
resourcemanager.projects.list
Service agent roles
Service agent roles should only be granted to service agents
.
Looker permissions
Permission
Included in roles
looker.backups.create
Owner
( roles/ owner )
Editor
( roles/ editor )
Looker Admin
( roles/ looker.admin )
Service agent roles
Warning: Don't grant service agent roles to any principals except service agents
.
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Last updated 2026-04-10 UTC.
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