Dynamic DB environment connection

[allam-sudhakar]

Hi,

I did some posts and answers on dynamic db connections, however, nothing is straight forward. Would it make sense to provide a user parameter before launching Looker just like any other desktop application for selecting the db environment that user would like to develop/test/run against? One can actually automate model population based on the user selection. It is understandable that schemas in different environments may not be in sync, but, that in itself is a good testing condition for developer to bridge the gap. If the user is not permitted then obviously nothing shows up even for running as security is checked before letting user do functions that he/she is entitled to do.

Not sure on what issues might have stopped implementing this functionality, however, could somebody please expand on this? 

Regards,

Sudhakar