How to connect KDB+ to Looker

Discover how to get data from KDB+ (and from other sources) into Looker by locating it into your data warehouse that is connected to Looker.
Load your KDB+ data into your central data warehouse to analyze it with Looker.
To analyze KDB+ data with Looker, Pipes provides you with fast and easy access to all your data by automatically loading it in your data warehouse. Always up-top-date, no performance issues, without writing a single line of code.
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Connect your data warehouse

It will be the central database for your KDB+ data. Pipes supports the most popular relational data warehouses in the cloud and on-premises.
2

Connect to KDB+

You just need to enter the associated credentials to allow Pipes access to the KDB+ API.
3

Create a data pipeline

Create a pipeline from KDB+ to your central data warehouse. The pipeline will run automatically on your defined schedule, so you will always have fresh data available.
4

Access your KDB+ data with Looker

Connect Looker to your data warehouse. You will see your KDB+ data there in form of standardized tables. Now you can analyze your data without performance issues!

About KDB+

kdb+ is a relational time series database (TSDB) with in-memory (IMDB) capabilities. The database is tipically used in high-frequency trading (HFT) to store, analyze, process, and retrieve big data sets at high speed. Financial institutions use kdb+ to analyze time series data such as stock exchange data.

About Looker

Looker is one of the leading Business Intelligence and Big Data Analytics softwares. The intuitive front-end developed by Looker enables companies to easily visualize their data, build dashboards and get useful insights to make smart and data-driven decisions.

Your benefits with Pipes

Get central access to all your data

Access data from 200+ data sources with our ready-to-use connectors and replicate it to your central data warehouse.

Automate your data workflows

Stop manually extracting data and automate your data integration without any coding. We maintain all pipelines for you and cover all API changes!

Enable data-driven decision-making

Empower everyone in your company with consistent and standardized data, automate data delivery and measure KPIs across different systems.