Looker cloud application

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Click Add appSearch for apps.
4. Enter Looker in the search field.
5. In the search results, hover over the Looker SAML app and click Select.
6. On the Google Identity Provider details page, download the IDP metadata and copy the SSO URL and EntityID.
7. Click Continue.
8. On the Service provider details page, edit the ACS URL replacing {your-domain} with your company subdomain being setup by Looker. 
9. On the Attribute Mapping page, click the Select field menu and map the following Google directory attributes to their corresponding Looker attributes:
    

   Google directory attribute	Looker attribute
   Basic Information > First Name	FirstName
   Basic Information > Last Name	LastName
   Basic Information > Primary Email	Email

10. (Optional) To enter group names that are relevant for this app:

    1. For Group membership (optional), click Search for a group, enter one or more letters of the group name, and select the group name.
    2. Add additional groups as needed (maximum of 75 groups).
    3. For App attribute, enter the groups attribute name of the corresponding service provider.

    Regardless of how many group names you enter, the SAML response includes only groups that a user is a member of (directly or indirectly). For more information, go to About group membership mapping.

11. Click Finish.

1. Open a new incognito browser window.
2. Sign in to https://{your-domain}.looker.com with your organization’s Looker administrator account.
3. Go to Admin  Authentication  SAML.
4. Add your SAML configurations. See the SAML documentation for information.
5. In the following fields, enter the information you obtained from Google in step 1:
   • IdP Metadata: Paste the IDP metadata you copied.
   • IdP Issuer: Paste the Entity ID you copied.
   • IdP URL:​ Paste the SSO URL you copied.
   • IdP Certificate: Paste the certificate you downloaded, including Begin Certificate and End Certificate.
   • SP Entity: Enter https://looker.com..
6. Click Update Settings.

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Select Looker.
4. Click User access.

5. To turn a service on or off for everyone in your organization, click On for everyone or Off for everyone, and then click Save.

6. (Optional) To turn a service on or off for an organizational unit:

   1. At the left, select the organizational unit.
   2. To change the Service status, select On or Off.
   3. Choose one:
      • If the Service status is set to Inherited and you want to keep the updated setting, even if the parent setting changes, click Override.
      • If the Service status is set to Overridden, either click Inherit to revert to the same setting as its parent, or click Save to keep the new setting, even if the parent setting changes.
        Note: Learn more about organizational structure.
7. To turn on a service for a set of users across or within organizational units, select an access group. For details, go to Use groups to customize service access.
8. Ensure that your Looker user account email IDs match those in your Google domain.

Looker supports both Identity Provider (IdP) initiated and Service Provider (SP) initiated SSO. Follow these steps to verify SSO in either mode:

IdP-initiated

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Select Looker.
4. At the top left, click Test SAML login. 

   Looker should open in a separate tab. If it doesn’t, use the information in the resulting SAML error messages to update your IdP and SP settings as needed, then retest SAML login.

SP-initiated

1. Close all browser windows.
2. Open https://{your-domain}.looker.com.
3. Click Authenticate. You should be redirected to the Google sign-in page.
4. Enter your username and password.

After your sign in credentials are authenticated, you are automatically redirected back to Looker.