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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 theRolesdocumentation page for more information about Looker permissions, including dependencies.
Looker user permissions are distinct from the alert setting calledPermissions, 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 needsee_lookspermissions andsee_user_dashboardsand/orsee_lookml_dashboardspermissions for the models on which the dashboard or LookML dashboard tiles, respectively, are based.
Users must have permissions to access the alert's underlying content to view or explore from the alert's visualization (in theAlert Detailspage) or to navigate to its dashboard.
This permission doesnotgrant the ability to create, follow, or delete alerts from the dashboard tile.
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 markedPublic
From the dashboard tile: create, duplicate, and delete their own alerts; duplicate alerts markedPublicby other users
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