---
title: "looker-get-connection-tables"
type: docs
weight: 1
description: >
A "looker-get-connection-tables" tool returns all the tables in a connection.
aliases:
- /resources/tools/looker-get-connection-tables
---
## About
A `looker-get-connection-tables` tool returns all the tables in a connection.
It's compatible with the following sources:
- [looker](../../sources/looker.md)
`looker-get-connection-tables` accepts a `conn` parameter, a `schema` parameter,
and an optional `db` parameter.
## Example
```yaml
tools:
get_connection_tables:
kind: looker-get-connection-tables
source: looker-source
description: |
This tool retrieves a list of tables available within a specified database schema
through a Looker connection.
Parameters:
- connection_name (required): The name of the database connection, obtained from `get_connections`.
- schema (required): The name of the schema to list tables from, obtained from `get_connection_schemas`.
- database (optional): The name of the database to filter by. Only applicable for connections
that support multiple databases (check with `get_connections`).
Output:
A JSON array of strings, where each string is the name of an available table.
```
## Reference
| **field** | **type** | **required** | **description** |
|-------------|:--------:|:------------:|----------------------------------------------------|
| kind | string | true | Must be "looker-get-connection-tables". |
| source | string | true | Name of the source Looker instance. |
| description | string | true | Description of the tool that is passed to the LLM. |