diff --git a/docs/getting_started.md b/docs/getting_started.md index 2bc419aa..d60d5b6c 100644 --- a/docs/getting_started.md +++ b/docs/getting_started.md @@ -22,16 +22,12 @@ We'll create a simple "Hello World" visualization that displays the first dimens ### Setup -To develop and test a visualization in Looker, you need to host your visualization over https and create a manifest with a "Main" file pointing at your IP address and hosting port. +To develop and test a visualization in Looker, you have two options: -1. `pip install pyhttps` to install a simple https server. -2. `pyhttps` in whichever folder you wish to develop. -3. In Looker, navigate to the Admin page. In the left-hand navigation pane, find the "Platform" section and select "Visualizations". -4. Click "Add Visualization" to create a new manifest. -5. Add a unique id, a label for your visualization (we suggest prefixing it with DEV ONLY so no one creates and saves content with it). -6. Finally, your "Main" file should point at `https://localhost:4443/hello_world.js`. +1. [Save the visualization's source code directly in your LookML project](https://docs.looker.com/reference/manifest-params/visualization) (recommended) +2. [Host your visualization over https and point to it from Looker](https://docs.looker.com/admin-options/platform/visualizations) -Now let's actually create `hello_world.js`. +Once you've set up one of those options, you can follow the example below to create `hello_world.js`. ### Just The Bones