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Looker x DataGalaxy

Bridge governed data with modern BI exploration

Connect Looker to DataGalaxy to give users the context, trust, and visibility they need—right where data-driven decisions happen.

Unified excellence with Looker & DataGalaxy

Business context within Looker

Display definitions, owners, glossary links, and usage context directly in dashboards and explores.

Trusted exploration

Support self-service exploration while keeping data aligned with policies, ownership, and business meaning.

Governed semantic models

Connect Looker to your catalog for transparency and alignment on metric definitions and logic.

Governance in the flow of analysis

Reduce confusion, eliminate silos, and empower users to act on trusted data without switching tools.

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Add meaning to every Looker exploration

With DataGalaxy, business users can access definitions, ownership, and glossary terms directly from within their dashboards and explore.

No more second-guessing fields or asking for validation—teams can explore governed data confidently, with the context they need at their fingertips.

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Connect Looker to governance

Link your Looker models to DataGalaxy’s glossary, lineage, and ownership structure.

Help teams understand how metrics are defined, where data comes from, and how it’s used across the business, without leaving Looker.

Bring clarity to your Looker models.

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Empower governed self-service

Make it easy for users to explore data freely, while ensuring they’re using certified sources.

With built-in trust indicators and data owners linked to each field, the Looker integration brings governance into everyday analytics without friction.

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Access all your asset information directly from your browser

Unlock detailed insights and observability into your data assets directly within Looker using the Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge DataGalaxy browser extensions.

This tool integrates seamlessly into Looker, providing real-time access to crucial information like data ownership, tags, and PII (Personally Identifiable Information) status.

Loved by our clients

“ The Masterclass broadened my horizons and sparked innovative ideas on adapting and thriving in the evolving data landscape while staying grounded in what truly matters. ”
Tejbir SinghData Governance Enthusiast
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“ We were looking for a product that would allow us to visualize complex data lineages and DataGalaxy stood out not only in its UI but also in the fact that it was relatively easy to install in our cloud account and because it has APIs to manage content inside of Data Galaxy. ”
Daniel N.Senior Manager of Data Engineering
5
“ DataGalaxy’s data catalog provides a centralized, easy-to-use platform for managing and organizing data assets, which can greatly improve efficiency and productivity for data teams ”
Faouzi C.Data Governance Manager
5
“ Ergonomy for the end users and data community. Very easy to install and customize. Very useful for our company to deploy a data culture. DataGalaxy is very competitive regarding the price. ”
Louis-Alban R.Data Governance Leader
5
“ The proposed metadata model is flexible and easy to understand. It is highly customizable allowing you fit its adoption within use cases or help you increase the knowledge around data. The product has several connectors for the most common technologies with accelerates its implementation and provides a user-friendly interface for users to increase its adoption. ”
Carlos E.Data Management Consultant

FAQ

What is Looker?

Looker is a modern business intelligence (BI) and data visualization platform that helps teams explore, analyze, and share real-time data insights. With DataGalaxy’s integration, users gain in-dashboard visibility into definitions, lineage, ownership, and governance directly in Looker—empowering confident, self-service analytics.

The integration bridges Looker’s BI exploration with DataGalaxy’s governance framework. It allows users to see business definitions, ownership, glossary links, and trust indicators directly within Looker dashboards and explores—ensuring confidence in every metric and field used.

DataGalaxy empowers self-service by providing contextual metadata—like field descriptions, owners, and certified status—right within Looker. Users no longer need to rely on Slack threads or data teams to interpret metrics; they can explore with built-in governance and confidence.

Absolutely. With the DataGalaxy browser extensions for Chrome and Edge, users can access detailed metadata—including ownership, tags, glossary terms, and PII status—directly within the Looker interface, without leaving their analysis environment.

Yes. Looker’s semantic models can be connected to DataGalaxy’s catalog, glossary, and ownership structure. This ensures consistency and transparency in how KPIs, metrics, and logic are defined—helping align business and technical teams around a single source of truth.

By embedding definitions, data lineage, and trust indicators into Looker, DataGalaxy eliminates ambiguity around metrics and sources. It helps break down silos and fosters a shared understanding across data consumers, analysts, and decision-makers—all within the tool they use daily.

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