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In this course, you learn how to do the kind of data exploration and analysis in Looker that would formerly be done primarily by SQL developers or analysts. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to leverage Looker's modern analytics platform to find and explore relevant content in your organization’s Looker instance, ask questions of your data, create new metrics as needed, and build and share visualizations and dashboards to facilitate data-driven decision making.

Business users who need to draw insights from data.
Data analysts who are responsible for data analysis and visualization within their organizations.

Define Looker and the capabilities it provides for working with data
Explain the four core analytical concepts in Looker (dimensions, measures, filters, pivots)
Use dimensions, measures, filters, and pivots to analyze and visualize data
Create advanced metrics instantaneously with table calculations
Create dashboards to combine and share visualizations
Utilize folders and boards in Looker to organize content for navigability and discoverability

Module 1: Introduction to Looker

Topics: Looker interface and components

Objectives:

Define Looker and the capabilities it provides for working with data
Navigate the Looker interface to access data and functionality

Activities: 1 demo

Module 2: Core Analytics Concepts

Topics: Dimensions, measures, filters, pivots

Objectives:

Explain the four core analytical concepts in Looker (dimensions, measures, filters, pivots)
Use dimensions to access data attributes
Use measures to aggregate data attributes
Combine dimensions and measures for richer data analysis and visualization
Filter dimensions and measures to analyze a subset of the data
Use pivots to restructure and group data

Actvities: 4 demos, 1 quiz, 1 lab

Module 3: Table Calculations

Topics: Table calculations, offset functions

Objectives:

Explain how table calculations and offset functions are used to work with data in Looker
List the types of table calculations and offset functions available in Looker
Create new metrics instantaneously with table calculations and offset functions

Activities: 4 demos, 1 quiz, 1 lab

Module 4: Dashboards

Topics: Looker dashboards, data delivery options

Objectives:

Understand how to use dashboards in Looker to share data and results with stakeholders
Create dashboards to visualize multiple aspects of a business topic or domain
Add new content to an existing dashboard
Add filters to a dashboard for flexible analysis of a subset of the data
Deliver data outside of Looker for access by other stakeholders or systems

Activities: 1 demo

Module 5: Content Management

Topics: Looker content organization, folders, boards

Objectives:

Explain how to use folders in Looker to organize content for navigability and discoverability
Create and share boards to centralize content pertaining to one topic or theme

Activities: 1 demo

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04 August 2024