SFTP Bulk to Looker Integration
AI-first ETL from SFTP Bulk into Looker. Governed entities, incremental sync, typed landing tables.
How Datrise loads SFTP Bulk into Looker
Datrise syncs SFTP Bulk's files, directories, rows, file batches, modification timestamps, and file formats into Looker as governed warehouse tables with LookML-ready naming. Flexible or custom fields land in flattened columns (nested fields expanded for modeling), and timestamps such as created, updated, and status changes are typed as date/time dimension columns.
Sync is incremental: Datrise uses incremental refresh of the underlying warehouse tables Looker explores, so re-runs update only what changed. Date-partitioned fact tables for PDT performance. Looker models live in LookML on top of SQL, so Datrise lands clean, stable column names rather than churn that would break your views.
Ideal for governed, version-controlled BI on a warehouse.
Endpoints
SFTP Bulk: Bulk file drops delivered over SFTP.
Looker: Google Cloud BI with LookML semantic models and governed dashboards.
How SFTP Bulk entities map to Looker
| SFTP Bulk entity | Looker object | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| files | sftp_bulk_files | id PK · custom fields → flattened columns (nested fields expanded for modeling) |
| directories | sftp_bulk_directories | id PK · linked to sftp_bulk_files |
| rows | sftp_bulk_rows | id PK · linked to sftp_bulk_files |
| file batches | sftp_bulk_file_batches | id PK · linked to sftp_bulk_files |
FAQ
How does Datrise handle SFTP Bulk's custom fields in Looker?
Flexible values are stored as flattened columns (nested fields expanded for modeling), so new fields don't require a migration; strongly-typed fields — dates, numbers, and references — are promoted to native Looker types.
How does the SFTP Bulk to Looker sync stay up to date?
It runs incrementally — Datrise uses incremental refresh of the underlying warehouse tables Looker explores.
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