2 posts tagged with "Extensions"

If you use Looker private embedding to render dashboards inside a custom web portal, you will eventually run into iframe authentication issues. In a private embed, the user's active browser session with the Looker instance determines whether the content loads.

Think of iframe authentication like trying to enter a Broadway theater. If the ticket scanner at the door doesn't recognize your ticket, they can't verify your identity through a glass barrier (the iframe) for security reasons. Instead, you have to step out of line, walk over to the physical box office window (a popup) to show your photo ID, get your ticket verified, and then return to the main entrance line to scan through.

For Looker users and developers, the challenge of creating a truly integrated, multi-tabbed dashboard experience in Looker has long been a point of focus. This post details the progression from manual workarounds to a sophisticated, native solution leveraging the Looker Extension Framework. With an easy-to-install extension, anyone can create a multi-tabbed dashboard experience in Looker, either in a presentation-style format or ad hoc using folders and boards.

See the documentation and the repository