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title: Looker Connector
slug: g48n-looker-connto
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createdAt: Tue Dec 02 2025 18:50:10 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
updatedAt: Wed Apr 01 2026 20:22:15 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Google® Looker™ Studio is a free, online data visualization and business intelligence tool for connection to various data sources and creation of interactive dashboards and reports.

This connector enables clients to fetch data from an Ocient® System for
visualization in Looker Studio using the [Google Apps Script](https://script.google.com/) platform.

## Prerequisites

To use Looker Studio with the Ocient System, you must have this software:&#x20;

- Ocient System — Use the latest version.
- A Google account with login credentials.

## Connect to Ocient

Follow these steps to connect Looker Studio to your Ocient System.

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Open Looker Studio and start a data source.

- Go to [https://lookerstudio.google.com/](https://lookerstudio.google.com/) and sign in.
- On the home page, select:
  - **Create** > **Data source**, or
  - From an open report, **Resource** > **Manage added data sources** > **Add a data source**.
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Select the Ocient Community Connector.

- In the connector gallery, go to the **P****artner Connectors** section.
- Find and select the **Ocient DB** connector.

Looker Studio opens the **Ocient Connector** configuration page in the same tab.
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Complete the configuration page by entering text in the fields. On the configuration page, select the **Allow to be modified** checkbox next to each field to modify it.

This table contains descriptions for each field.

| **Field**                  | **Description**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| -------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Hostname**               | Hostname or IP address of the Ocient SQL Node.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| **Database**               | Database name in the Ocient System.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| **User**                   | Ocient username.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| **Password**               | Password for the Ocient username.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **Table**                  | Ocient table name (`schema.table`).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| **Row Limit**              | `LIMIT` value to add to queries.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| **Date Range Column Name** | Column name for the `DATE` or `TIMESTAMP` column in the `WHERE` clause.                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **Sort Column**            | Column name for the `ORDER BY` clause.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| **Sort Order**             | Sort order with the option of `ASCENDING` or `DESCENDING`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **Unnest Option**          | Specifies if array columns are unnested.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Custom Query**           | A query that overrides the query generated by the connector. The Looker data source panel shows only the columns included in this query.<br /><br />In this mode, Looker Studio infers column data types from the sample output, and not a `DESCRIBE TABLE` SQL statement.  |

- Select **Connect**. &#x20;
- Select **Allow** when Looker Studio prompts you with "**Allow parameter sharing?**.

You can now use Looker Studio to create reports for your Ocient System.&#x20;
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Looker Studio uses autocomplete in its filter tool, which can impact date or time filtering for records older than 28 days. &#x20;

To fix this issue, navigate to the Looker filter control and set **Show suggested values** to `off`.
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## Ocient Data Types in Looker Studio

The connector represents Ocient data types using the closest approximation supported by Looker Studio. The inference of data types happens in Looker Studio in these ways:&#x20;

- In normal mode, the connector generates data types from the table schema produced by a `DESCRIBE TABLE` SQL statement.
- In custom query mode, Looker Studio infers data types from sample output.&#x20;

This table shows how Ocient data types correspond to Looker Studio data types.&#x20;

| **Ocient Data Type**                                                                                                                     | **Looker Studio Data Type** | **Limitations**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| BOOLEAN                                                                                                                                  | BOOLEAN                     | None                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| TINYINT, <br />SMALLINT, <br />INT, <br />BIGINT, <br />DOUBLE, <br />FLOAT, <br />DECIMAL                                               | NUMBER                      | None                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| CHAR<br />VARCHAR<br />BINARY<br />HASH<br />IPV4<br />IP<br />UUID<br />VARBINARY<br />TIME                                             | TEXT                        | None                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| POINT<br />LINESTRING<br />POLYGON                                                                                                       | TEXT                        | Looker Studio Community Connectors can use latitude or longitude coordinates, but they do not support native WKT geospatial types.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| DATE                                                                                                                                     | YEAR\_MONTH\_DAY            | None                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| TIMESTAMP                                                                                                                                | YEAR\_MONTH\_DAY\_SECOND    | None                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| CHAR\[], <br />VARCHAR\[], <br />BINARY\[], <br />HASH\[], <br />IPV4\[], <br />IP\[], <br />UUID\[], <br />VARBINARY\[], <br />TUPLE\[] | TEXT                        | Looker Studio does not support arrays or tuples as a native data type. The connector represents container data types as textual strings. <br /><br />For arrays, use the **Unnest Option** configuration field to flatten array columns for analytics. <br /><br />For tuples, use the **Custom Query** field to extract the tuple elements. Setting the **Unnest Option** field does not work for flattening tuples. |

## Related Links

[Connect to Ocient](<./././Connect to Ocient.md>)

[Ocient Integrations](<././Ocient Integrations.md>)
