Mastering Looker and LookML - Complete Looker Guide for Developers

Embark on a transformative journey with our in-depth course focused on Looker and LookML. From understanding the basics of Looker's interface and features to mastering complex data models and dashboard creation, this course covers it all. Begin with foundational concepts, including setting up your environment and familiarizing yourself with LookML terminology. Progress through hands-on sessions on creating views, explores, and managing data connections to build a robust analytical framework.
As you advance, delve into the intricacies of LookML fields, parameters, and joins, enabling you to manipulate and present data effectively. Learn how to set dimensions, measures, and filters to refine data insights. The course further explores advanced actions, including drill fields, links, and setting custom actions, ensuring you can perform detailed analyses and provide actionable insights.
In the final stages, master expert-level techniques such as extending explores and views, conducting tests, and creating sophisticated dashboards. Gain expertise in using various visualization parameters, filter settings, and layout types to create dynamic and interactive dashboards. By the end of this course, you'll have the proficiency to harness Looker's full potential, driving impactful data-driven decisions in your organization.
What you will learn
Understand Looker's interface and core features
Set up and configure LookML environments
Create and manage LookML files, views, and explores
Develop Advanced Dashboards using various visualization techniques and parameters.
Apply advanced LookML parameters to optimize data manipulation
Extend and Optimize LookML Models with additional views and explores, for better performance and scalability.
Audience
This course is for developers with basic SQL and data analysis skills. No Looker experience needed, but familiarity with data modeling and BI tools is helpful. Ideal for users of analytics, BI, or visualization tools, data engineers simplifying ETL, and those managing data, reports, and dashboards. Teams deploying Looker, analysts automating dashboards for senior audiences, and managers seeking efficient report-building methods will benefit. Data analysts, scientists, and managers looking for quick data insights will gain significant advantages.
About the Author
HHN Automate Book Inc.:
Henry Habib is a seasoned manager at a leading management consulting firm. He leverages his expertise to provide counsel on growth strategy, operation, and analytics to Fortune 500 companies. With a strong background in implementing data-driven solutions, Henry has a proven track record of making an impact in organizations of all sizes. He strongly advocates for no-code application development in business and deploys such solutions for his clients. These solutions are not only easier to understand but also quicker to implement. In addition to his consulting work, Henry is a dedicated professor who takes pleasure in guiding students toward success in various fields, ranging from case interviews to no-code application development and automation. His courses are designed to be engaging and informative, and he is always available to assist students in mastering challenging concepts.