View the original community article here
Last tested: May 2020
The content validator checks to see which of your Looks and dashboard tiles are broken by LookML changes.
DOES
-
Replace models, explores, views, fields, fields used in table calculations and custom fields
-
Remove models, explores, views and fields
-
Check lookless tiles (Looker 5.10+)
-
Validates against the mode you're in (dev : active branch or prod) however changes are applied globally
-
Give the ability to delete broken looks/tiles
-
Check personal spaces
-
Check look filters
-
Check dashboard filters (Looker 6.10+)
-
Allow calling through the API (https://docs.looker.com/reference/api-and-integration/api-reference/v3.1/content#validate_content)
DOES NOT
-
Remove fields used in table calculations and custom fields
-
Check LookML dashboards (LookML validator does this)
-
Check a subset of content
-
Check Trash (Looker 4.12+)
-
Check content you don't have access to
-
Time out after a certain period of time. (However, restarting the Looker instance does kill the Content Validator.)
Way more info in Docs.
This content is subject to limited support.