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.
Developing Data Models with LookML
Developing Data Models with LookML
This course is part of Creating Business Value with Data and Looker Specialization
Instructor: Google Cloud Training
Sponsored by Google People Development
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4.7
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Intermediate level
Some related experience required
5 hours to complete
3 weeks at 1 hour a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
What you'll learn
Define LookML basic terms and building blocks
Model new dimensions and measures using LookML and use dashboards to combine key queries and visualizations into a one page executive view
Model files of LookML projects to design and build custom Explores for business users
Use derived tables in Looker to create new custom tables and use datagroups to manage caching policies
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Taught in English
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This course is part of the Creating Business Value with Data and Looker Specialization
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There are 4 modules in this course
This module provides an overview of Looker and the Looker integrated development environment (IDE) for LookML developers.
What's included
6 videos1 assignment
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
What's included
8 videos1 assignment1 app item
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.
What's included
3 videos1 assignment
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.
What's included
8 videos1 assignment1 app item
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LL
5
Reviewed on Apr 23, 2022
Great coure, a lto f valuable informationina .very condensed format.
PK
5
Reviewed on Dec 27, 2021
Its covers looker in general quite comprehensively and the lab session really makes the topic easy to understand
JW
5
Reviewed on Nov 1, 2024
Easy to follow with a mix of theory and practical lab exercises
Recommended if you're interested in Data Science
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