How to Fix Model Configuration Errors

What does this error mean?

We need to look at the LookML project settings and verify that the model has the necessary and correct permissions.

Getting to the Configuration for the Model

1. In the Looker IDE, open the project's model file and see which connection is specified. For example:

   connection: "crunchbase"

2. Click on Manage Projects link in the error dialog box. This will take you to the LookML Projects page.
   You can also get to this page by going to the URL https://<your_looker_domain.com>/projects or by selecting Manage LookML Projects from Develop menu in the UI:
   
3. Find the model where you saw the error. In this example, we are working on the operations project. You can see the critical error in red for the market_research model:
   
4. Click the Configure button to open the Edit Model Configuration page.
5. View the connection(s) currently selected for the model. In our example, the error stated that "Model market_research is not allowed to use connection crunchbase." We can see that this option is not enabled (checked). Instead, the bigquery_publicdata connection was chosen by mistake:
   
   
6. Check the box next to crunchbase.
7. As needed, adjust other connections, such as unchecking the bigquery_publicdata connection.
8. Click Save.
9. Navigate back to your LookML model and click Validate LookML to verify that the Model Configuration Errors error is no longer there.