This course empowers you to develop scalable, performant LookML (Looker Modeling Language) models that provide your business users with the standardized, ready-to-use data that they need to answer their questions. Upon completing this course, you will be able to start building and maintaining LookML models to curate and manage data in your organization’s Looker instance.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introducing Looker and LookML
- This module provides an overview of Looker and the Looker integrated development environment (IDE) for LookML developers.
- Data Modeling using LookML
- This module reviews how to model new dimensions and measures using LookML. The module also explores the use of dashboards to combine key queries and visualizations into a one page executive view
- Modeling Explores for your Users
- This module provides a deeper dive into the model files of LookML projects for developers to start designing and building custom Explores for business users.
- Working with Derived Tables
- This module explains how to use derived tables in Looker to create new custom tables that do not yet exist in the underlying database. This module also provides an overview of how caching works in Looker and how developers can use datagroups to manage caching policies.
Taught by
Google Cloud Training and Jenny Palomino
