Looker has several user permissions that are associated with alerts. Some permissions determine what the user can do with alerts; others determine what destinations a user can send an alert notification to. See the Roles documentation page for more information about Looker permissions, including dependencies.
Looker user permissions are distinct from the alert setting called Permissions , which lets the alert's creator determine whether other users will be able to view and potentially follow the alert.
In addition to the permissions that are described in the following table, users need see_looks
permissions and see_user_dashboards
and/or see_lookml_dashboards
permissions for the models on which the dashboard or LookML dashboard tiles, respectively, are based.
- See the tile's bell icon: The numeric indicator shows the total number of enabled public alerts on the tile
- Manage alerts from the Alerts management admin page, even private alerts that are created by other users
- Access the Alert History admin page
- View, follow, edit, self-assign, and disable any alert on the Looker instance
- Access the Alerts management admin page
- View, follow, edit, self-assign, disable any alert on the Looker instance, even private alerts that are created by other users
- Access the Alert History admin page
- See the tile's bell icon: The numeric indicator shows the sum of any public or private alerts that the user has created and other users' alerts that are marked Public
- From the dashboard tile: create, duplicate, and delete their own alerts; duplicate alerts marked Publicby other users
- View, edit, disable, and enable their alerts on the Manage Alertsuser page
- View and follow public , followable alerts on a dashboard tile
- View the alerts that they have followed or for which they are listed as a recipient from the Manage Alertsuser page
create_alerts
permissions.create_alerts
permissions.