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+# looker_bq_writeback
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+cloud function to write back to Looker
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+This cloud function leverage [Looker's Actions](https://looker.com/platform/actions/) as the starting point to write back to our table in BigQuery to update records. 
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+At a high level, the script is:
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+1. Takes in row level data in JSON format passed from Looker's actions. 
+2. Reads and parses the relevant values to populate our SQL query which will INSERT into our specified table
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+Additional resources:
+[Cloud Function](https://cloud.google.com/functions)