This series of courses introduces data in the cloud and Looker to someone who would like to become a Looker Developer. It includes the background on how data is managed in the cloud and how it can be used to create value for an organization. You will then learn the skills you need as a Looker Developer to use the Looker Modeling Language (LookML) to empower your organization to conduct self-serve data exploration, analysis and visualization.
Creating Business Value with Data and Looker Specialization
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Creating Business Value with Data and Looker Specialization
Build skills to leverage cloud data with Looker. Introduction to Data in the Cloud and Looker for a Looker Developer
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Intermediate level
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1 month at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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What you'll learn
Learn the skills needed to do data exploration and analysis in Looker to empower others to solve business needs.
Use dimensions, measures, filters, table calculations and pivots to analyze and visualize data.
Create and share near real-time data visualizations using Looks, dashboards, and boards.
Use the Looker Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and project version control to modify LookML projects and curate Explores that empower business users to leverage data in their everyday workflows
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Skills you'll gain
- Exploratory Data Analysis
- Database Design
- Data Integration
- Performance Tuning
- Looker (Software)
- Interactive Data Visualization
- Data Analysis Software
- Pivot Tables And Charts
- Data Warehousing
- Business Intelligence
- Ad Hoc Analysis
- Data Analysis
- Data Transformation
- Data Modeling
- Data Storytelling
- Data Sharing
- Data Visualization Software
- Data Presentation
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Specialization - 7 course series
What you'll learn
Use Looker to explore and analyze data.
Apply LookML to create a semantic layer.
Explain the benefits and process of Governed BI & Analytics in Looker.
Utilize Gemini features in Looker.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Looker (Software)
Category: Self Service Technologies
Category: Data Governance
Category: Interactive Data Visualization
Category: Generative AI Agents
Category: Data Modeling
Category: Data Visualization Software
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: Business Intelligence
Category: Data Analysis Software
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Data Integration
Category: Dashboard
What you'll learn
Create custom measures based on an existing dimension
Create custom groupings
Adding filters to custom measures
Skills you'll gain
Category: Exploratory Data Analysis
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Ad Hoc Analysis
Category: Looker (Software)
Category: Dashboard
Category: Data Literacy
Category: Database Application
What you'll learn
Create a modeled query.
Save the modeled query in LookML.
Use the modeled query to build a Look report.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Dashboard
Category: Pivot Tables And Charts
Category: Data Modeling
Category: Exploratory Data Analysis
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Query Languages
Category: Looker (Software)
What you'll learn
Understand when and how to add persistence and incremental updates to derived tables.
Use aggregate awareness to optimize queries on rolled up or summarized data.
Create a refinement of an existing Explore.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Query Languages
Category: Exploratory Data Analysis
Category: Looker (Software)
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Data Analysis
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Database Management
What you'll learn
Use dimensions, measures, filters, and pivots to analyze and visualize data
Create advanced metrics instantaneously with table calculations
Create visualizations using Looks and dashboards
Share Looker content with others
Skills you'll gain
Category: Looker (Software)
Category: Data Visualization Software
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Dashboard
Category: Data Sharing
Category: Data Presentation
Category: Data Import/Export
Category: Data Manipulation
What you'll learn
Recognize key concepts and features in Looker Studio, including the interface, data connections and basic visualizations.
Describe the main data visualization charts and build simple reports using common chart types and data sources.
Describe the differences between types of data sources and connect to data sources using connectors.
Use data blending techniques to combine data from multiple sources.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Data Visualization Software
Category: Interactive Data Visualization
Category: Data Integration
Category: Data Presentation
Category: Dashboard
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Data Import/Export
Category: Data Manipulation
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
Skills you'll gain
Category: Looker (Software)
Category: Data Modeling
Category: SQL
Category: Dashboard
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Business Intelligence Software
Category: Database Design
Category: Data Warehousing
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Frequently asked questions
This specialization is designed to be completed in 5 weeks at approximately 5 hours per week.
To get the most out of course 3, participants should have a basic understanding of SQL, Git.
It is recommended to take the courses in order.
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