Configuring alerts for Looker users

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 the Roles documentation page for more information about Looker permissions, including dependencies.

Looker user permissions are distinct from the alert setting called Permissions, 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 need see_looks permissions and see_user_dashboards and/or see_lookml_dashboards permissions 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 the Alert Details page) or to navigate to its dashboard.

This permission does not grant the ability to create, follow, or delete alerts from the dashboard tile.

Permission	Lets Users	Notes
admin	See the tile's bell icon: The numeric indicator shows the total number of enabled public alerts on the tile Manage alerts from the Alerts management admin page, even private alerts that are created by other users Access the Alert History admin page View, follow, edit, self-assign, and disable any alert on the Looker instance	The user must be signed in to Slack from Looker to see alerts that send Slack notifications.
see_alerts	Access the Alerts management admin page View, follow, edit, self-assign, disable any alert on the Looker instance, even private alerts that are created by other users Access the Alert History admin page
create_alerts	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 marked Public From the dashboard tile: create, duplicate, and delete their own alerts; duplicate alerts marked Public by other users View, edit, disable, and enable their alerts on the Manage Alerts user page	The user must be signed in to Slack to see alerts that send Slack notifications.
follow_alerts	View and follow public, followable alerts on a dashboard tile View the alerts that they have followed or for which they are listed as a recipient from the Manage Alerts user page
schedule_look_emails	Send email notifications	Users must also have create_alerts permissions.
schedule_external_look_emails	Send notifications to emails with any domain	Users must also have create_alerts permissions.
send_to_integration	Send alert notifications to the Slack or Slack Attachment (API Token) integrations, if enabled for the Looker instance	Users must also have create_alerts permissions.